# Incident 19980606015599I: Beech K35, Merced, CA, June 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1998, 15:41 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6007E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6007E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980606015599I

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AT 100FT ON TAKEOFF. LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY. FOLDED NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. SLID OFF. CAUSE UNDETERMIND. (-23)  THE BE 35 WAS TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT MCE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 30, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE NORTH WEST, COMING TO REST IN A GRASS FIELD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE SAFETY AND HAD NO INJURIES.  THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE PROP WAS DAMAGED.  THIS ACCIDENT WAS DOWN GRADED TO AN INCIDENT ON 3/5/99.

## Other reports on N6007E (1)

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

- [Incident 19910506031629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910506031629I), May 6, 1991: Beech K35 (N6007E), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Made a go around and nose wheel collapsed on second try.

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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