# Incident 19881223066629I: Beech S35, Van Nuys, CA, December 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1988, 07:50 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7999K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7999K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881223066629I

## Narrative

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

RETRACTED GEAR TOO SOON ON TAKEOFF. HIT PROPS AND BELLY ON RUNWAY.WENT AROUND WITH ROUGH ENGINE THEN LANDED GEAR UP

## Other reports on N7999K (1)

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

- [Incident 19781021029229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781021029229I), Oct 21, 1978: Beech S35 (N7999K), Tremonton, UT, Minor damage. Pilot first heard ticking sound then engine came apart. Failure probably started at #2 connecting rod journal.

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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