# Incident 20010330006269I: Beech V35A, Napa, CA, March 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2001, 11:49 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43RH-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total, 31 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/20010330006269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE NAPA AIRPORT, THE PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO REACH FOR HER PURSE AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WITH HER LEG WHICH CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N43RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20200508003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200508003479I), May 8, 2020: Beech V35A (N43RH), Casa Grande, AZ, Minor damage. At 0722 Arizona standard time (ast) N43RH, a Beech bonanza, BE-35-V35A made a first attempt landing at Casa Grande muni airport (cgz). The aircraft previously…

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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