# Incident 20010430014879I: Beech V35A, Bethanybeach, DE, April 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2001, 20:30 local time
- Place: Bethanybeach, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5376° N, 75.0643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethany Beach, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5376&lon=-75.0643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7822R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430014879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY HE PUT ON THE UPPER LANDING LIGHT, IT PUT A GLARE ON THE PROP. AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS OVER THE GRASS RUNWAY WHEN IN FACT HE WAS BESIDE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED WHERE THE GROUND WAS MUCH SOFTER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.