# Accident 20020715025139A: Beech S35, St Johns, AZ, July 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: St Johns, AZ
- Airport: St Johns Industrial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5186° N, 109.3789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5186&lon=-109.3789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N864T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N864T-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020715025139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN PILOT EXPERIENCED WIND GUST FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF PREVAILING WINDS. RIGHT WING LIFTED, LEFT WING DRUG GROUND, AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY THEN RETURNED TO RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO RAMP WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING AND BENT LEFT WING SPAR. (.19) ON JULY 15, 2002, ABOUT 1700 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH S35, N864T, VEERED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT ST. JOHNS INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK, ST. JOHNS, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE'S WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SHEPARD AIR FORCE BASE IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, ABOUT 1300. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND ACTIVATED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT AND OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK. IN ADDITION, SHE RECEIVED THE AUTOMATED WEATHER REPORT BEFORE LANDING. WHEN TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 21 THE                                RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE LIFTED UP, AND THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED INTO THE DIRT. SECONDS LATER, SHE REGAINED CONTROL AND REDIRECTED THE AIRPLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. AT 1655, THE ST. JOHNS LOCAL WEATHER REPORT INDICATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 300 DEGREES. ITS SPEED WAS 4 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF GUSTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX02LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA233), Jul 16, 2002: Beech S35 (N864T), St. Johns, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control following an encounter with a wind gust.

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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