# Incident 20040617023699I: Beech D35, Punta Gorda, FL, June 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2004, 13:15 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2963B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2963B-2004-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040617023699I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19810116009619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810116009619I), Jan 16, 1981: Beech 35BEECH (N2963B), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. During rollout aircraft settled on nose.

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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