# Incident 20020209007399I: Beech V35B, Knightslanding, CA, February 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Knightslanding, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7980° N, 121.7174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knights Landing, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7980&lon=-121.7174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1563W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1563W) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,442 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020209007399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT UN UNFAMILIAR AG-STRIP ON PERSONAL BUSINESS. PILOT MADE A FLY-BY OF THE STRIP AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND DID NOT SEE THE POWER LINES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE STRIP. PILOT OBSERVED THE WIRES AT THE LAST MINUTE, ADDED FULL POWER AND MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT HIT THE WIRE WITH THE RIGHT WING DURING THE TURN. MINOR DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING.

## Other reports on N1563W (1)

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

- [Incident 19810815068609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815068609I), Aug 15, 1981: Beech V35B (N1563W), Franklin, VA, Minor damage. Pilot bounced aircraft. Second attempt went off runway. Found drag brace bent and tire flat;wing tip bent.

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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