# Accident 19731209038369A: Beech A35, Stockton, CA, December 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1973
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.8944° N, 121.2387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STOCKTON METRO (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8944&lon=-121.2387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8630A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8630A-2018-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,045 total, 578 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731209038369A

## Narrative

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

PLT RETRACTED LDG GR WITH EMERG SYS ENGAGED.RUG FOULED SYS.LANDED PURPOSELY ON MUDDY TERRAIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 OAK74DVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD19), Dec 9, 1973: Beech A35 (N8630A), Stockton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8630A (1)

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

- [Incident 20150413004919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150413004919I), Apr 13, 2015: Beech A35 (N8630A), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed runway 30. Approximately 200 feet after touchdown nose landing gear collapsed. Gear mechanism appeared to be in airworthy condition prior to…

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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