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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35 · Titusville, PA · September 9, 1989

Date: September 9, 1989 · 15:30 local
Place: Titusville, PA
Airport: Titusville Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N601UJ
Reported as: Beech V35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 466 total22 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N601UJRegistered now · Beech V35S/N D-8117 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBeech V35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unable to extend gear. Landed gear up. Alternator failure caused battery to be used prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. ALTERNATOR FAILURE CAUSED BATTERY TO BE USED PRIOR TO LANDING.