# Incident 20080110010579I: Beech V35, Springfield, IL, January 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2008, 16:53 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3770Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3770Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080110010579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE, AND NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT OF N3770Q, A BE-35 AIRCRAFT ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA TO MORRIS, ILLINOIS (C09), ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CLOUDS AND VISIBILITY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY (ATC), AND REQUESTED INFORMATION REGARDING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE GENERAL AREA. AFTER CHECKING WITH OTHER ATC FACILITIES, THE SPRINGIELD ATC FACILITY CONTROLLER NOTIFIED THE PILOT OF N3770Q, THAT THE NEAREST VISUAL FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS WERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE NEAR CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN HIS AIRCRAFT IN VFR CONDITIONS THEREFORE THE SPRINGFIELD ATC CONTROLLER OFFERED TO INITIATE AN AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR APPROACH (ASR) INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT. THE PILOT CONCURRED WITH THIS ACTION AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED FOR N3770Q. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEREAFTER RADAR VECTORED TO THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N3770Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20110927021049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110927021049I), Sep 27, 2011: Beech V35 (N3770Q), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he experienced a hard landing while attmepting to land at Greenville downtown airport (gmu), Greenville, south carolina. He stated the aircraft…
- [Incident 20060629013719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060629013719I), Jun 29, 2006: Beech V35 (N3770Q), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. (-23) On June 30, 2006 at approximately 2105Z, N3770Q a BE-35 landed on runway 17L at the Wiley Post Airport in bethany, OK. The tower reported that the nose…

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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