# Incident 20250830012549I: Beech V35B, Iron Station, NC, August 30, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2025, 18:04 local time
- Place: Iron Station, NC
- Airport: Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4833° N, 81.1613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (IPJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4833&lon=-81.1613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2021E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2021E) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,776 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250830012549I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2025, A BEECH V35B MADE A WHEELS-UP LANDING AT LINCOLNTON-LINCOLN COUNTY AIRPORT (IPJ), NC. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT ON GROUND WAITING FOR DEPARTURE AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN DURING APPROACH BUT NOTICED IT AFTER REMOVING HIS HEADSET POST-LANDING. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

TASK ID: T-EA68-FY26-0007

## Other reports on N2021E (1)

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

- [Incident 20100722043219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100722043219I), Jul 22, 2010: Beech V35B (N2021E), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. During landing sequence, pilot stated that he put the landing gear handle in down position (tower confirmed). He stated that he hit a bump on the runway and…

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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