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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Murrieta/Temecu, CA · March 31, 2003

Date: March 31, 2003
Place: Murrieta/Temecu, CA
Airport: French Valley Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N601SG
Reported as: Beech K35
Reported engine: Continental IO470*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total500 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N601SGRegistered now · Beech K35S/N D-5949 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech K35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Monday, March 31, 2003, at approximately 01:23 p.m. a Beechcraft BE-35-K35 crashed during take off at French Valley Airport, temecula, California. It was reported that the aircraft had fuel injection problems and received minor damage. The pilot and passengers received no injuries. The pilot reported that he made a normal landing but decided to make a touch and go but when he started to retract the gear the engine quit. He said "he changed fuel tanks and then switched on the electric fuel pump but the engine did not continued to run." The pilot then made a landing straight ahead and the nose wheel hit a ditch and broke off.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 01:23 P.M. A BEECHCRAFT BE-35-K35 CRASHED DURING TAKE OFF AT FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT, TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL INJECTION PROBLEMS AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING BUT DECIDED TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO BUT WHEN HE STARTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR THE ENGINE QUIT. HE SAID "HE CHANGED FUEL TANKS AND THEN SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT CONTINUED TO RUN." THE PILOT THEN MADE A LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A DITCH AND BROKE OFF.