# Incident 20020220004009I: Beech H35, San Diego, CA, February 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5445D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5445D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 550 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020220004009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OPERATING ON A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM MEXICO, THE PIC WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AT SAN DIEGO BROWN FIELD AIRPORT (KSDM). UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE SEVERAL TIMES AT LOW POWER, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DAMAGE WAS NOTE ON THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, LOWER FUSELAGE SURFACE AND WING FLAPS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE "UP" POSITION. PIC INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT REPOSITION CONTROLS PRIOR TO EXITING THE A/C.

## Other reports on N5445D (2)

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

- [Incident 19940527043099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940527043099I), May 27, 1994: Beech H35 (N5445D), Saginaw, MI. Engine failed. Landed safe in open field. Crankshaft had broken.
- [Accident 19740731024539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740731024539A), Jul 31, 1974: Beech H35 (N5445D), Hugo, CO, Substantial damage

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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