# Incident 20230425005869I: Beech V35B, Belleville, IL, April 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2023, 09:16 local time
- Place: Belleville, IL
- Airport: Scott Afb/Midamerica
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5452° N, 89.8352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (BLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5452&lon=-89.8352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525BH) (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/20230425005869I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/25/2023 I WAS NOTIFIED OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AT KBLV SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, BELLEVILLE, IL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 9:15AM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A BEECHCRAFT V35B WITH RETRACTABLE GEAR. THE PILOT WAS FLYING IFR FROM SPRINGFIELD-ROBERTSON COUNTY AIRPORT (M91) SPRINGFIELD TN. HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 14L ON KBLV. WHEN THE PILOT LOWERED HIS LANDING GEAR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES OUT, HE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT GEAR LAMP WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. HE CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER, AND THEY RESPONDED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED, TRYING TO HOLD THE LEFT WING FROM SETTLING AS LONG AS HE COULD, WITH FULL FLAPS. AS SOON AS THE WEIGHT SETTLED ON THE LEFT LAND GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 5-10 FEET, THEN THE WING STARTED TO DROP. HE HEARD METAL GRINDING ON THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE LEFT. HE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET IN THE GRASS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT THAT AFTERNOON AFTER IT HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE TARMAC. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND IT APPEARS THAT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT ROD BROKE BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND THE WING. THE LEFT WING WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECENT WORK TO THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT ROD. THE PROP WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N525BH (1)

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

- [Incident 20171219023459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171219023459I), Dec 19, 2017: Beech V35B (N525BH), Council Bluffs, IA, Minor damage. Pilot was landing at cbf and did not place landing gear lever in full down position. After he landed gear up he noticed it did not get placed in the full down…

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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