# NTSB MKC73DCD09: Beech V35B, N3041C, Ames, IA, July 31, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 31, 1972
- Place: Ames, IA · AMES, IA
- Location: 42.0257° N, 93.6225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ames, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0257&lon=-93.6225&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC73DCD09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2539  72/7/31    AMES,IOWA           BEECH V35B          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1185
        TIME - 1922                    N3041C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AMES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LEON,IOWA                   AMES,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3041C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ames

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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