# Accident 19830515038029A: Beech P35BEECH, San Rafael, CA, May 15, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: San Rafael, CA
- Airport: Smith Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0169° N, 122.5208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0169&lon=-122.5208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8512M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8512M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 909 total, 12 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515038029A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A MOWING MACHINE OPERATOR ON LANDING. PILOT UNAWARE OF IMPACT OF OPERATOR AND THE LEFT WING.

## 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 LAX83LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA233), May 16, 1983: Beech 35P (N8512M), San Rafael, CA, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N8512M (1)

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

- [Incident 19980819028089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980819028089I), Aug 19, 1998: Beech P35 (N8512M), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. On 19 aug, 1998, 2223 PDT, james mcelroy, pilot of N8512M performed a gear up landing at Orange country airport on runway 19L. No injuries to crew or…

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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