19871224078629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Del Rio, TX · December 24, 1987

Date
December 24, 1987 · 13:00 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
Del Rio International
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9805R
Reported as
Beech M35
Reported engine
Continental IO470C
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
228 total40 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flying at low altitude aircraft apparently contacted an obstacle which left marks on the propeller and nose cowl.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY CONTACTED AN OBSTACLE WHICH LEFT MARKS ON THE PROPELLER AND NOSE COWL.