- Date
- May 28, 1983, 20:15 local (May 29, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fulton, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21CSBeech J35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528025279A
- Case key
- 33415
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that before landing he was having electrical problems and shortly after touchdown all three landing gear collapsed. The persons who removed and inspected the acft have stated that the damage to the landing gear doors consisted of front-to-rear marks on the flat surfaces of the doors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21CS
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5543
- Airframe hours
- 40,483
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Demaray, Robert F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- FFL · Fairfield, IA
- Airport
- H65 · Municipal, runway 23, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 39 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21CS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.