# Incident 20070612016549I: Beech A35, Muscle Shoals, AL, June 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2007, 17:20 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Northwest Alabama Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7453° N, 87.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (MSL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7453&lon=-87.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N546B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546B-2009-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,303 total, 113 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070612016549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ON TAKEOFF WHILE STILL IN GROUND EFFECT, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN ON GRASS AND ROLLED INTO AND OUT OF A DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF JUST ABOVE THE TIRE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SURFACE. THE PILOT ALSO STATED HE TOOK OFF NOT KNOWING THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS SET AT APPROXIMATELY 14 DEGREES HIGH.

## Other reports on N546B (1)

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

- [Accident 20080530837419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530837419A), May 30, 2008: Beech A35 (N546B), Americus, GA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) The aircraft departed runway 23 at the Souther airport and climbed to an altitude of approximately 100 feet when it appeared to have leveled off. The…

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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