# Accident 20060731014109A: Beech V35B, Independence, CA, July 31, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2006, 15:27 local time
- Place: Independence, CA
- Airport: Independence Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8164° N, 118.2049° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE (2O7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8164&lon=-118.2049&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N346D-2006-09-15) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,245 total, 1,160 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060731014109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED INDEPENDENCE CALIFORNIA AIRPORT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB FOR TERRAIN CLEARANCE. SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN A CLIMB DUE TO WHAT THE PILOT STATED WAS SEVERE WINDSHEAR. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT AHEAD AS TURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT WAS NOT AN OPTION DUE TO RISING TERRAIN. DURING THE LANDING PHASE AIRCRAFT LEFT HAND WIND AUXILIARY TANK CLIPPED A TREE WHICH CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWNWARD AND TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND WAS MET SHORTLY AFTER BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE. PILOT ARRIVED AT THE FSDO THIS DATE TO PROVIDE THIS STATEMENT WHICH WILL ALSO BE MADE PART OF THE OFFICE FILE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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