# Incident 20040910025339I: Beech V35B, Indianapolis, IN, September 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2004, 22:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4529M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4529M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910025339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 AT 2215 CDST, A BEECHCRAFT V35B, N4529M, REGISTERED TO LUHRS, INC., LANDED GEAR UP AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (UMP). THE AIRCRAFT HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND HAD INITIATED THE FLIGHT FROM NEW BRAUNFELS TX. (BAZ). VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY POSSIBLY CONFLICTING RUNWAY TRAFFIC AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N4529M (2)

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

- [Incident 20010823023209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010823023209I), Aug 23, 2001: Beech V35B (N4529M), Jackson, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot received clearance to taxi onto runway 16L @ jan taxied straight forward into sun making it hard to see that the taxi way turned right onto runway,…
- [Incident 19841031060879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841031060879I), Oct 31, 1984: Beech V35B (N4529M), Newton, TX, Minor damage. Lost alternator and burned odor in cabin. Gear collapsed landing. Failed to check gear down and or use manual gear.

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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