- Date
- January 1, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tuskegee, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4275SBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 1, 1982
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69185
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During landing, the pilot put the landing gear and flap handles in the down positions. He heard noises that sounded like both had extended and assumed everything was in place. The pilot was unaware that the landing gear was not down until after touchdown. An examination revealed that the gear would not extend by normal means, but had to be started with the emergency crank. Later, the landing gear retract motor was found to be burned out. Also, the landing gear retract rods were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4275S
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9961
- Airframe hours
- 670
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Welch Co. Of The South
- Registered owner
- Welch Co. Of The South
- Departed
- St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- M07 · Searcy, AR
- Airport
- Tuskegee
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
Other investigations on N4275S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.