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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Punta Gorda, FL · June 17, 2004

Date: June 17, 2004 · 13:15 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2963B
Reported as: Beech D35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total300 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N2963BRegistration cancelled Dec 30, 2004 · Beech D35S/N D-3604 · Built 1953 Airframe modelBeech D35 Engine modelContinental E185 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 June 17, 2004, at 1315 EDT, a Beechcraft D35, N2963B, registered to Douglas bergner, landed in a field adjacent to the Punta Gorda airport (pgd), after take-off, due to a reduction in power, from the constant-speed propeller. The aircraft sustained minor damage, when the nosegear failed after contacting a shallow ditch in the field, during roll out. The private rated pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight originated from the pgd airport approximately 5 minutes earlier.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2004, AT 1315 EDT, A BEECHCRAFT D35, N2963B, REGISTERED TO DOUGLAS BERGNER, LANDED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT (PGD), AFTER TAKE-OFF, DUE TO A REDUCTION IN POWER, FROM THE CONSTANT-SPEED PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, WHEN THE NOSEGEAR FAILED AFTER CONTACTING A SHALLOW DITCH IN THE FIELD, DURING ROLL OUT. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PGD AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES EARLIER.

Other reports on N2963B · 1

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

Incident 19810116009619IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tampa, FLDuring rollout aircraft settled on nose.Jan 16, 1981 · Reported as Beech 35BEECH · Minor damage