# Incident 20080213832659I: Beech V35B, Springfield, IL, February 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2008, 10:00 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: N2875W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2875W) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080213832659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM CST THE PILOT OF N2875W, A BE-35 AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS FOR BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT BEGAN TO NOTE CERTAIN ANOMALIES WITH THE RADIO EQUIPMENT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION HAD OCCURRED. AT THE TIME OF THIS DETERMINATION, THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AN IFR FLIGHT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND MADE A DECISION TO NOTIFY THE KANSAS CITY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY OF HIS SITUATION. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD AND WITH LIMITED ELECTRICAL POWER REMAINING, ASKED THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TO ASSIST HIM BY NOTIFYING THE SPRINGFIELD AIR TRAFFIC FACILITY OF HIS INTENTIONS. THE PILOT THEN CANCELLED HIS INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND PROCEEDED TO SPRINGFIELD WHERE HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND AFTER CIRCLING OVERHEAD THE AIRPORT, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY AND LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N2875W (2)

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

- [Incident 20170506013039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170506013039I), May 6, 2017: Beech V35B (N2875W), Plattsmouth, NE, Minor damage. 05/06/2017, 1215 CST aircraft touched down at the Plattsmouth Municipal Airport with the gear up. Aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway.
- [Incident 19880511043979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880511043979I), May 11, 1988: Beech V35B (N2875W), South Bend, IN. Electrical failure of landing gear,manually extended. Landed safely. Found landing gear motor defective.

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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