# Incident 19790106000819I: Beech 35BEECH, Sanford, FL, January 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4572D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4572D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790106000819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BEING DIRECTED BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF PARKED AIRCRAFT, STRUCK ONE OF THEM

## Other reports on N4572D (2)

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

- [Incident 19920220017029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920220017029I), Feb 20, 1992: Beech G35 (N4572D), Pecos, TX, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Weak battery and defective voltage regulator caused gear to not complete cycle or lock.
- [Incident 19791103056789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791103056789I), Nov 3, 1979: Beech G35 (N4572D), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear during landing roll according to maintenance observations of damaged gear.

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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