# Incident 20160425008089I: Beech V35B, April 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2016, 10:39 local time
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N81VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81VT) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160425008089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY PERSONS UNKNOWN WHEN THEY REPORTED THEY WERE NOT GETTING THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS AFTER EXTENDING GEAR. THEY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BY HAND AND ASKED TOWER TO VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN.

FIRE TRUCKS WERE CALLED OUT FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

OWNER OF AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION LIGHTS HAD BEEN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING PILOT TO BE UNSURE WHETHER AIRCRAFT HAS GEAR DOWN & LOCKED.

OWNER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE PROVIDING THE NAME OF THE PILOT OR IDENTIFYING WHAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD WORKED ON THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. THEY STATED THAT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE THE (INTERMITTENT INDICATION) PROBLEM THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WAS REPLACED. SINCE THAT TIME THE LANDING GEAR HAS BEEN WORKING WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N81VT (1)

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

- [Incident 20020124005149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020124005149I), Jan 24, 2002: Beech V35B (N81VT), Greenville, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting training for instrument rating, he was making final approach after 7 landings, the left main gear collapsed after landing/during…

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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