# Incident 20031022025739I: Beech 58, Bellingham, WA, October 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: Bellingham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7927° N, 122.5375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLINGHAM INTL (BLI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7927&lon=-122.5375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031022025739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION SEIZED IN THE PARTIAL GEAR RETRACTED POSITION. THE EMERGENCY HAND CRANK WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO THE INTERNAL BINDING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE A/C ARRIVES AT THE FACILITY WHERE THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE. THE FAA WILL BE PRESENT AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION IS DISASSEMBLED.

## Other reports on N275V (1)

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

- [Incident 19830418024209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830418024209I), Apr 18, 1983: Beech 58 (N275V), Mineral Wells, TX, Minor damage. Inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of flaps on landing rollout.

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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