# Incident 20250827013129I: Beech P35, Redlands, CA, August 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2025, 08:50 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0853° N, 117.1464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDLANDS MUNI (REI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0853&lon=-117.1464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N985Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 989 total, 697 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827013129I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-27-2025 A BEECHCRAFT BE-35-P35 INBOUND TO KSBD DIVERTED TO KREI WHEN THE PILOT CLAIMED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND THE FLAP HANDLE IN A LANDING SETTING PRIOR TO FINAL APPROACH, BUT DID NOT COMPLETE EMERGENCY CHECKLISTS FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION  OR LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION. THE AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE REDLANDS, CA (KREI) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE AND EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY OFF THE RUNWAY, CONTACTING ONE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) APPEARED TO BE UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, FLAPS, AND UNDERCARRIGE. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANKS INDICATED ADEQUATE REMAINING FUEL QUANTITY FOR OPERATION.

## Other reports on N985Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20140120002999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140120002999I), Jan 20, 2014: Beech P35 (N985Q), San Bernardino, CA, Substantial damage. N985Q landed on runway 24 at ksbd with the gear in the up position. N985Q skidded along runway 24 coming to a stop.
- [Incident 20040622010909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040622010909I), Jun 22, 2004: Beech P35 (N985Q), Bermuda Dunes, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot of N985Q commenced his takeoff and climb from the hemet-ryan airport enroute to the Bermuda Dunes Airport at approximately 12:30 PDT. The pilot…

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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