# NTSB MKC85LA097: Beech 35, N3068V, Ames, IA, May 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1985, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Ames, IA
- Coordinates: 42.0209, -93.620368 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0209&lon=-93.6204&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): 33938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTS THAT THE ACFT HAD SLOWED TO TAXI SPEED AFTER LANDING WHEN THE GEAR WARNING HORN BEGAN TO BLOW FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY FAILED TO REVEAL ANY DEFICIENCIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3068V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3068V), registered now, S/N D-482 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-482
- Airframe hours: 5220
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E185-1 185 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James D. Champion
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 24, 1985, 14 hours before
- Departed: SUX, SIOUX CITY, IA
- Airport: AMW, Ames Municipal, runway 13, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 485 total, 285 in this make and model, 429 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19850504015989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504015989A), May 4, 1985: Beech 35BEECH, Ames, IA, Substantial damage. Gear collapsed at end of crosswind rollout. Pilot claimed gear switch down. No mechanical cause found.

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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