# Incident 19880511043979I: Beech V35B, South Bend, IN, May 11, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2875W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2875W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880511043979I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF LANDING GEAR,MANUALLY EXTENDED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND LANDING GEAR MOTOR DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N2875W (2)

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

- [Incident 20170506013039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170506013039I), May 6, 2017: Beech V35B (N2875W), Plattsmouth, NE, Minor damage. 05/06/2017, 1215 CST aircraft touched down at the Plattsmouth Municipal Airport with the gear up. Aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway.
- [Incident 20080213832659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080213832659I), Feb 13, 2008: Beech V35B (N2875W), Springfield, IL, No damage. (-23) On February 13th, 2008 at approximately 9:00 am CST the pilot of N2875W, a BE-35 aircraft, departed Springfield, Illinois for bowling green, Kentucky.…

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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