# Incident 19991126041259I: Beech V35A, Pittsfield, IL, November 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, IL
- Airport: Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6389° N, 90.7786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD PENSTONE MUNI (PPQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6389&lon=-90.7786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7164N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7164N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 115 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991126041259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT #IGL190000006 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM OMAHA, NE TO PITTSFIELD, IL AND WAS NEARING QUINCY, IL WHEN THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON.  PILOT CONTINUED TO PITTSFILED WHERE HE TRIED TO EXTEND THE FLAPS.  THE FLAPS MOVED SLIGHTLY THEN STOPPED.  THE PILOT THEN SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION AND HEARD THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTEND AND STOP.  NOT KNOWING THE EXACT POSITION OF THE GEAR, HE TRIED TO CRANK THE GEAR DOWN.  UPON FLARING FOR LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED LOWER THAN EXPECTED, SO THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND EXECUTED A GO-A-ROUND.  HE ONCE AGAIN TRIED CRANKING THE GEAR, BUT NOW THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION.  THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING.  INVESTIGATION HAS NOT DISCLOSED A REASON FOR THE POWER FAILURE, BUT DID DISCLOSED THAT THE GEAR WAS FULLY UP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND BELLY SKIN AND STEP.  IN THE PILOT STATEMENT DATE 11/29/1999, THE PILOT DISCLOSED THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY CRANKED THE GEAR BACK UP INSTEAD OF DOWN.  AN M OR D WILL BE ISSUED AS THE CAUSE OF THE ELECTRIAL FAILURE.

## Other reports on N7164N (2)

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

- [Incident 20020224006879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020224006879I), Feb 24, 2002: Beech V35A (N7164N), Pittsfield, IL, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted]- the pilot of N7164N made an approach to land on runway 13 at the Pittsfield, Illinois airport where he struck a landing light,…
- [Incident 19990203011279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990203011279I), Feb 3, 1999: Beech V35A (N7164N), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. The bonanza rolled under engine power into a Cessna 421-B, the bonanza propeller and engine cowl struck the left wing tip fuel tank os the Cessna 421-B from…

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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