# Incident 20010521009429I: Beech V35A, Knoxville, TN, May 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5470U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5470U-2021-08-28) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521009429I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM SPRUCE CREEK, FL (7FL6) TO GATINBURG, TN (GKT). GROUND OBSERVER INFORMED THE PILOT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. DIVERTED TO KNOXVILLE, TN (TYS) AND COMPLETED THE FLIGHT, LANDING WITH THE NOSE AND LEFT GEAR EXTENDED, RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED.  UPLOCK ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RELEASE.

## Other reports on N5470U (1)

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

- [Accident 20201212019879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201212019879A), Dec 12, 2020: Beech V35A (N5470U), Attala, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft N5470U while in cruise at approx. 9,000 ft. aircraft rapidly descended and impacted the ground in attalla, AL 35954.

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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