Beechcraft A35 N8731A

2 August 1980 · Lees Summit, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 August 1980 at about 18:00 local time, a Beechcraft A35 registered N8731A, operated by Stafford AVN, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lees Summit, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 August 1980 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Lees Summit, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport: Stafford
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft A35
Registration: N8731A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Stafford AVN
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Topeka, Ks → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2117

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LNDG GEAR NOT LOCKED IN DWN PSN.PLT RPRTD CRANKING GEAR DWN W EMERG SYS TIL IT WOULD GO NO FURTHER

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2117, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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