# Incident 20140215002519I: Beech V35B, Montgomery, AL, February 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2014, 18:16 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Montgomery Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3006° N, 86.3940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD) (MGM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3006&lon=-86.3940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88R) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140215002519I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2014, AT TUSKEGEE ALABAMA, MOTON FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

(06A), PILOT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91.  AFTER TAKE-OFF PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A THUMP SOUND. PILOT STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEARS BUT THE TRANSITION LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED ON.  PILOT STATED THAT AFTER FLYING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES HE NOTICE THAT THE NOSE GEAR TRANSITION LIGHT WAS STILL ON. PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW PASSED GROUND OBSERVERS AT THE AIRPORT TO VERIFY POSITION OF LANDING GEAR. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE MANUALLY AND ELECTRICALLY TRIED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR THE TWO MAIN GEARS DEPLOYED BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT; PILOT DECIDED TO CONTACT MONTGOMERY REGIONAL (MGM) APPROACH. (MGM) TOWER CLEARED PILOT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28. PILOT SET UP AIRCRAFT TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WITH DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF NOSE AREA FUSELAGE.  TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N88R (1)

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

- [Incident 19871103066009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103066009I), Nov 3, 1987: Beech V35B (N88R), Tulsa, OK. The cockpit filled with smoke during cruise. The pilot turned off electrics and landed safely. Overheated relay.

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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