# Incident 19970426013269I: Beech V35B, Hanford, CA, April 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hanford, CA
- Airport: Hanford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3167° N, 119.6277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANFORD MUNI (HJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3167&lon=-119.6277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7208R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7208R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970426013269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, MR. JERRY IRONS, HE DEPARTED THE HANFORD AIRPORT ON SATURDAY TO DO SOME AIRWORK AND PRACTICE SOME LANDINGS. AFTER COMPLETING HIS AIRWORK, MR. IRONS STATED THAT HE HEADED EAST, BACK TO THE HANFORD AIRPORT AND ENTERED A RIGHT DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY 32. MR. IRONS INFORMED INSPECTOR SHAMP THAT HE COMPLETED HIS CHECK LIST AND THEN BEGAN HIS DESCENT TO RUNWAY 32 AT HANFORD. DURING THE DESCENT, MR. IRONS STATED THAT HE HEARD A HORN BLOWING AND INDICATED THAT THIS WAS THE "MANIFOLD PRESSURE" HORN TO WARN THE PILOT THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS TOO LOW. AFTER LOWERING FULL FLAPS, MR. IRON LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT ABOUT 11:30 PDT WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL RETRACTED. AFTER THE AIRCRFT CAME TO A STOP, MR. IRONS TURNED OFF ALL POWER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. HE ADVISED INSPECTOR SHAMP THAT LATER HE CHECKED THE GEAR HANDLE AND CIRCUIT BREAKER AND NOTED THAT THE HANDLE WAS DOWN AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD "POPPED". ACCORDING TO MR. RAY WILLIAMS OF THE HANFORD FLIGHT CENTER, THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED MANUALLY WITH NO PROBLEMS AND ALL THREE GREEN SAFE GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS OPERATED PROPERLY, INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. LATER, MR. WILLIAMS STATED THAT HE JACKED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND RAN THE GEAR UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES ELECTRICALLY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. HE STATED THAT THE WARNING HORN OPERATED NORMALLY AND THAT THE GEAR LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION AS IT SHOULD NORMALLY DO. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND LIMITED ONLY TO THE PROPELLER, FLAPS AND UNDER SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N7208R (1)

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

- [Incident 19901117050939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901117050939I), Nov 17, 1990: Beech V35B (N7208R), Watsonville, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout followed by the right main gear.

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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