# Incident 19961020039109I: Beech H35, Bakersfield, CA, October 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1996, 12:50 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961020039109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N76ND, A BEECHCRAFT BE-35 BONANZA DEPARTED BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS AIRPORT (BFL) ABOUT 12:45 PDT, OCTOBER 20, 1996 ON A VFR FLIGHT TO REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT (RHV). IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPARTURE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD AND ESTABLISHED A RIGHT-HAND PATTERN. THE ENGINE FINALLY STOPPED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 30R. THE PILOT SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE OVERRUN ON THE APPROACH END OF 30R. HE AND HIS THREE (3) PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. INVESTIGATION BY AIRWORTHINESS FOUND AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OIL COOLER. ^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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