# Incident 19860418019169I: Beech V35, Rochester, NY, April 18, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1986, 16:14 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester Monroe County
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9598Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9598Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,910 total, 1,910 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860418019169I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION BEFORE SAFE LANDING. INDICATION SWITCH REPLACED.

## Other reports on N9598Q (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890521032659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890521032659I), May 21, 1989: Beech V35 (N9598Q), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.[privacy data omitted]
- [Incident 19860104003089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860104003089I), Jan 4, 1986: Beech V35 (N9598Q), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Attention diverted and pilot failed to lower gear for landing.
- [Incident 19781129024229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129024229I), Nov 29, 1978: Beech B35 (N9598Q), Rochester, NY. Landing gear had to be extended manually. Gear motor inop due to worn brushes.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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