# Incident 19970512014579I: Beech V35B, Ramona, CA, May 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3136V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3136V-2012-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 15 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512014579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12, MAY 1997, AT 1300 PDT, A BEECHCRAFT V-35 WITH CFI WILLIAM BURK PILOT IN COMMAND IN THE RIGHT SEAT, AND AIRCRAFT OWNER WILLIAM BECKER IN THE LEFT SEAT, DEPARTED GILLISPIE FIELD (SEE). THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLIGHT WAS FOR MR. BECKER TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTION ON COMPLEX AIRCRAFT. AFTER DEPARTURE THEY PRACTICED STALLS, TURNS AND GENERAL AIRWORK. THE FLIGHT THEN PROCEEDED TO RAMONA AIRPORT (L39), WHERE THEY COMPLETED 4 TOUCH/GO'S. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED A BREAK AND LANDED AT L39 FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. THEY LATER DEPARTED L39 AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT ONE MORE TOUCH/GO BEFORE RETURNING TO SEE. IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE TURN TO FINAL, THE PILOT OBSERVED A HELICOPTER MANEUVERING BELOW THEM IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THEY QUESTIONED WHY THEY HAD NOT HEARD THE TRAFFIC ON THE RADIO. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT INFORMED THE CFI THAT THE RADIO WAS NOT ON THE REQUIRED FREQUENCY FOR L39. AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE RADIO THE CFI TOLD THE PILOT THAT AIRSPEED WAS GETTING LOW AND FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WAS MORE IMPORTANT. AT THIS POINT THEY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT BUT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BENT PROPELLER

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.