Beechcraft V35B N4275S

Summary

On 1 January 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N4275S, operated by Welch Co. of the South, was involved in an accident near Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 January 1982 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tuskegee, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Tuskegee

Coordinates

32.3891, -85.6806

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35B

Registration

N4275S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Welch Co. of the South

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Louis → Searcy

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DKJ10

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.