Beechcraft S35 N861T

Summary

On 9 August 2025 at about 13:35 local time, a Beechcraft S35 registered N861T was involved in an accident near Lowell, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 August 2025 at 13:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Lowell, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Lowell City (24C)

Coordinates

42.9556, -85.3464

Aircraft

Beechcraft S35

Registration

N861T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sparta → Lowell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA319

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while flying in the traffic pattern at the destination airport, he diverted his attention outside of the airplane and forgot to extend the landing gear. He did not recall hearing the landing gear warning horn during the landing. The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted and came to rest upright on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage near the nose gear wheel well. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.