19850611033299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Colorado Spring, CO · June 11, 1985

Date
June 11, 1985 · 13:45 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
Butts Afb
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5351E
Reported as
Beech K35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
590 total7 in this make and model192 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Electrical problem and low on fuel so landed gear up. Pilot failed to actuate alternator switch.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND LOW ON FUEL SO LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT FAILED TO ACTUATE ALTERNATOR SWITCH.