# Incident 20030728019209I: Beech V35B, Bartow, FL, July 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2003, 17:40 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Airport: Bartow Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25717, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25717) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030728019209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 28 JULY, 2003, MR. EMIL R. JAHNA, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 263276471 WAS TAXIING HIS BEECHCRAFT BE-35 BONANZA N25717, AT THE BARTOW MUNICIPAL, POLK COUNTY AIRPORT, BARTOW, FLORIDA. MR. JAHNA, WHILE TAXIING, INADVERTENTLY CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR THE "UP" (RETRACTED) POSITION. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE TAXIWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N25717 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930719030939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930719030939I), Jul 19, 1993: Beech V35B (N25717), Austin, TX. Lost engine power. Forced landing on road. Refueled aircraft and departed.
- [Incident 19800507053219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507053219I), May 7, 1980: Beech 35BEECH (N25717), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Gear collapsed after landing. No mechanical malfunctions found.

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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