# Incident 19970929035429I: Beech 35B33, Byron, CA, September 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1997, 22:45 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6886Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6886Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 275 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970929035429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 10-09-97 CONDUCTED SCENE INVESTIGATION, AND PILOT INTERVIEW. PILOT STATED THAT WHILE RETURNING TO HOME AIRPORT, BYRON, CA (C83) AT APPROXIMATELY 2245 LOCAL, THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE ON. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 23, APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE 200' THE RUNWAY LIGHTS (RWY 23) WENT OFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE PROCEEDED TO LAND DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE LANDING THRESHOLD. PILOT STATED THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH, AND WAS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE AREA UNTIL SHE ENCOUNTERED A ONE FOOT HIGH DIRT BERM AND THEN CONTINUED SLIDING FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR JODY RADCLIFFE AND GENIENE BERTRAM, AVIATION SAFETY TECHNICIAN, CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION WHICH REVEALED A BENT PROPELLER, COWLING DAMAGE, AND A SHEARED OFF NOSE WHEEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCIDENT: 1) RUNWAY LIGHTS ARE ON FROM 1800 TIME UNTIL 2200L. AFTER 2200L, THE RUNWAY LIGHTING REVERTS TO PILOT CONTROL LIGHTING WHICH IS ACTIVATED ON A CTAF/UNICOM FREQUENCY BY PUSHING THE MICROPHONE BUTTON DOWN A NUMBER OF TIMES DEPENDING ON LIGHT INTENSITY DESIRED. THE CTAF/UNICOM FREQUENCY OF 123.05 FOR BYRON AIRPORT IS ALSO SHARED BY SEVERAL UNCONTROLLED AIRPORTS IN THE AREA. 2) THE DIRT BERM 400 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLOSED

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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