# Incident 19981128044199I: Beech V35B, Siler City, NC, November 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Blair Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7281° N, 79.4643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siler City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7281&lon=-79.4643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N449T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N449T) (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 IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981128044199I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN. LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE BEGAN TO SMELL AN ODOR THAT RESEMBLED BURNING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OR WIRING.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD FAILED.

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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