# Accident 20020724021819A: Beech S35, Lakeville, MN, July 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2002, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8799° N, 93.2208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8799&lon=-93.2208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6162G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6162G-2010-05-12) (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 CHI02LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020724021819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING RUNWAY 30 AT AIRLAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. RUNWAY HAS 391 FOOT DISPLACED THRESHOLD. AIRCRAFT STRUCK APPROACH LIGHT ASSEMBLY LOCATED AT PAVEMENT EDGE OF DISPLACED THRESHOLD, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM RUNWAY, AND APPROXIMATELY 1,400 FEET FROM THE TOUCHDOWN AIMPOINT. THE APPROACH LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS ABOUT 4 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVED AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK FOUR OF THE FIVE LIGHTS IN THE ASSEMBLY WITH ITS RIGHT WING. THE LIGHT HOUSINGS AND STRUCTURE DENTED AND PUNCTURED THE WING LEADING EDGE, UNDERSURFACE AND FLAP, AND BENT THE AFT WING SPAR. THE RUNWAY IS EQUIPPED WITH A PAPI ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, ABEAM THE TOUCHDOWN AIM POINT. (.19) ON JULY 23, 2002, AT 0800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH S35, N6162G, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS DURING APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 (4,098 FEET BY 75 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE AIRLAKE AIRPORT (LVN), MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AN UNKNOWN PLAC E AND TIME AND WAS EN ROUTE TO LVN.

## 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 CHI02LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA209), Jul 24, 2002: Beech S35 (N6162G), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The proper glide path not obtained/maintained by the pilot. The approach lights were a contributing factor.

## Other reports on N6162G (1)

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

- [Accident 19740916031459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740916031459A), Sep 16, 1974: Beech S35 (N6162G), Rimrock, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot selected empty fuel tank

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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