# Incident 19981125044749I: Beech V35B, Santa Barbara, CA, November 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4637M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4637M-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,777 total, 1,657 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125044749I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 25,1998, MR. MICHAEL BARTON FROM SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SBA) ATCT, INFORMED VAN NUYS FSDO THAT PILOT MR. FRED GEORGE POPPE, FLYING N4637M, LANDED AT SBA AT 2135Z AT 2135Z. HE LANDED WITH LANDING GEARS DOWN ON RUNWAY 15L. IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT TO EXIT RUNWAY 15L WHEN THE LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED. THEY GOT THE GEARS DOWN AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO MAINTENANCE REPAIR STATION. I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT, AND HE STATED THAT AFTER LANDING NORMAL WITH ALL GEARS DOWN ON RUNWAY 15L, HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT TO EXIT RUNWAY 15L WHEN THE LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED. ON DECEMBER 15,1998, I VISITED SBA AND SPOKE WITH THE PILOT. HE GAVE ME A WRITTEN STATEMENT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. IN THE WRITTEN STATEMENT HE SAID THAT HE LANDED NORMAL ON RUNWAY 15L. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT TO EXIT RUNWAY 15L. HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE GEAR SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. THE NOSE DROPPED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE LANDING GEARS CAME DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY 15L TO STRATMAN AERO SERVICE, AN FAACERTIFIED REPAIR STATION. ON VISUAL INSPECTION I FOUND THE PROPELLER THREE BLADE TIPS WERE BENT BACKWARDS. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD DOOR, FUSELAGE FORWARD SKIN AND ENGINE LOWER COWLS APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED. THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT RUNOUT HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED, BUT EXTERNALLY THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOG BOOKS APPEARED TO BE IN ORDER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO WOODLAND AVIATION, INC. (800-442-1333_ FOR REPAIR.

## Other reports on N4637M (1)

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

- [Accident 20010226004049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010226004049A), Feb 26, 2001: Beech V35B (N4637M), Green River, UT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed gunnison, Colorado at 1930 UTC, enroute to fresno, California. Aircraft did not arrive, ELT signal received and civil air patrol found…

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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