# Incident 19960204001329I: Beech V35, Albuquerque, NM, February 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1996, 12:55 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345MD-2001-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 138 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960204001329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 4, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1255 MST, A BE-35TC, N345MD, LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT ALBUQUERQUE (ABQ) DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN TO LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES FROM ABQ ON A FLIGHT FROM STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO. THE ELECTRICAL LOAD WAS REDUCED ENROUTE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT POWER TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING AND THE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT EMPLOYED THE EMERGENCY GEAR CRANK OBTAINING FIRM RESISTANCE AFTER ONLY THREE TURNS. HE CONDUCTED TWO FLY-BYS WHICH WERE OBSERVED BY PILOTS ON THE GROUND WHO REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT NOR HIS WIFE WERE INJURED.

## Other reports on N345MD (1)

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

- [Accident 19990222013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990222013669A), Feb 22, 1999: Beech V35 (N345MD), Telluride, CO, Destroyed. On February 22, 1999, at 1025 mountain standard time, a Beech V35, N345MD, was destroyed when it lost engine power and landed short of the runway at Telluride,…

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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