# Incident 20070820018019I: Beech V35A, Block Island, RI, August 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2007, 16:25 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6247V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6247V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070820018019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6247, BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, BE-35-V35A, 08/20/2007, AT 16:25 DEPARTED RUNWAY 10 AT BLOCK ISLAND AIRPORT IN RHODE ISLAND (BID) AND BECAME AIRBORNE. AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET THE ENGINE LOST POWER. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE SHORT 2,500 FOOT RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A HIGH PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF PROCEDURE AS HE HAD DONE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. UNFORTUNATELY AFTER LOSING POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR WAS ON ITS WAY UP AND SINCE IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY DOWN DURING THE LANDING IT FOLDED UP DURING THE LANDING. INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT: DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED THE PILOT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB GETTING THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT OR HIMSELF. THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED AND INSTALLED IN 1991. THE ENGINE HAS A TOTAL OF 900 HOURS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL. THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED AT THE TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL FACILITY IN 1991. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN YEARS AND IS PAST ITS RECOMMENDED CALENDAR LIMIT BUT IS NOT PAST ITS RECOMMENDED TBO IN HOURS. SINCE THE AIRCRAFT IS ON AN ISLAND IT WILL BE DISASSEMBLED AND SHIPPED BACK TO NEW YORK FOR REPAIRS. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BUT DUE TO THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE CANNOT BE RUN. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES A DENT IN THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, NOSE GEAR DOORS BENT, TEN INCHES OF THE PROPELLER TIPS ARE BENT BACK, THE ENGINE EXHAUST PIPES ARE BENT, AND SOME MINOR BELLY SKIN DAMAGE.

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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