# Incident 20020820029569I: Beech V35B, Champaign-Urban, IL, August 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2002, 13:35 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6025T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6025T) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,610 total, 42 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020820029569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2002, A BEECH BONANZA, N6025T WAS PERFORMING LOCAL INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AT CHAMPAIGN WILLARD AIRPORT (CMI). AFTER A NORMAL PREFLIGHT AND TAKEOFF, THE GEAR RETRACTION WAS NORMAL. THE FIRST APPROACH FLOWN WAS THE VOR-DME 22R. ON THE APPROACH THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND RAISED NORMALLY, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS. THE NEXT APPROACH WAS THE ILS 32L, WITH A LANDING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE APPROACH. THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY, AND THE LANDING WAS NORMAL, WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTICED. THE GEAR RETRACTION FOLLOWING THE LANDING WAS NORMAL. THE NEXT APPROACH WAS THE LOC BC 14R. PASSING THE FINAL APPROACH FIX INBOUND, THE GEAR WAS LOWERED, AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE APPROACH, A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTICED DURING THE LANDING. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GO DOWN, AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ALSO COLLAPSED. ONCE THE YAW STARTED, THE LEFT MAIN ALSO PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N6025T (1)

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

- [Incident 19840521028779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840521028779I), May 21, 1984: Beech V35 (N6025T), North Bend, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot retracted the landing gear on the landing roll by mistake.

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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