# Incident 19880503021169I: Beech V35, Lafayette, IN, May 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1988, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Aretz
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6245V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6245V-2021-04-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 35 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503021169I

## Narrative

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

NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. FOUND A BROKEN NOSE GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION ROD.

## Other reports on N6245V (1)

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

- [Accident 20190827011719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827011719A), Aug 27, 2019: Beech V35 (N6245V), Monroe, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot observed oil pressure drop to 4 PSI and notified rst ATC of emergency. Pilot located nearest airport, eft, configured aircraft and oil started covering…

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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