# Incident 19951112040999I: Beech T34B, Riverdale, CA, November 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1995
- Place: Riverdale, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4304° N, 119.8672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverdale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4304&lon=-119.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 85 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951112040999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N34Y, BEECH T34B, DEPARTED NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE, CA (NLC) ABOUT 1430 PST 11-12-95 ON A VFR LOCAL FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO MADERA, CA AIRPORT AND LANDED. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT THE PILOT WAS FLYING VERY LOW, AND STRUCK A 50 FOOT HIGH POWERLINE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE POWERLINES BROKE ALLOWING N34Y TO KEEP FLYING SPEED. THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF RIVERDALE, CA AT ABOUT 1700 PST. THERE ARE 3 DENTS IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING, AND THE PITOT TUBE WAS TORN FROM THE LEFT WING. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 2 OCCUPANTS. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. N34Y LANDED SAFELY AT NLC AT 1715 PST. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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