# Incident 19980819028089I: Beech P35, Santa Ana, CA, August 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1998, 22:23 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8512M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8512M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980819028089I

## Narrative

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

ON 19 AUG, 1998, 2223 PDT, JAMES MCELROY, PILOT OF N8512M PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING AT ORANGE COUNTRY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 19L. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR  PASSENGERS. PILOT INDUCED INCIDENT AS HE FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP AND PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. WEATHER WAS VFR AND WINDS WERE CALM. RUNWAY WAS DRY.

## Other reports on N8512M (1)

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

- [Accident 19830515038029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515038029A), May 15, 1983: Beech P35BEECH (N8512M), San Rafael, CA, Minor damage. Struck a mowing machine operator on landing. Pilot unaware of impact of operator and the left wing.

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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