# NTSB MKC83LA119: Beech J35, N21CS, Fulton, MO, May 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1983, 20:15 local (May 29, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Fulton, MO
- Coordinates: 38.850666, -91.94963 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8507&lon=-91.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33415/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA119

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21CS-1992-01-13), registration cancelled 1992-01-13, S/N D5543 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- Registry model: [Beech J35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (registry code 1151522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D5543
- Airframe hours: 40483
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830528025279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528025279A), May 28, 1983: Beech A2319, Fulton, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot claims gear collapsed after touchdown but marks on gear doors indicate gear up landing.

## Other investigations on N21CS (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN90FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA170), Aug 17, 1990: Beech J35 (N21CS), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.

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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