# Accident 19980628047019A: Beech B35, Portales, NM, June 28, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1998, 17:30 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Airport: Portales Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1455° N, 103.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTALES MUNI (PRZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1455&lon=-103.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8860A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8860A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980628047019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS DESCENDING OUT OF 9,500 MSL FOR LANDING AT PORTALES, NM (Q34) HOLDING AN AIRSPEED "AT THE BOTTOM OF THE YELLOW ARC, IN SMOOTH AIR. HE THEN FELT A VIBRATION FROM THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE AND REDUCED AIRSPEED. THE AIRSPEED REDUCTION ELIMINATED THE VIBRATION. AFTER LANDING IN PORTALES, WHILE PUTTING THE AIRPLANE IN THE HANGAR, THE PILOT NOTICED THE OUTWARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT RUDEVATOR (ABOUT 18") WAS WRINKLED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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