# NTSB ATL82DKJ10: Beech V35B, N4275S, Tuskegee, AL, January 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Tuskegee, AL
- Coordinates: 32.389122, -85.680641 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3891&lon=-85.6806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 1, 1982
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DKJ10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69185/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DKJ10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - not engaged (contributing factor)
  - electrical system,electric motor - burned (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear down and locked - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4275S), registered now, S/N D-9961, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D9961
- Airframe hours: 670
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN26LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA235), Jun 17, 2026: Beech V35B (N4275S), Greeley, CO, no damage, investigation ongoing

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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