# Accident 20080710851309A: Beech N35, The Dalles, OR, July 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: The Dalles, OR
- Airport: Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6186° N, 121.1672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6186&lon=-121.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N931B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 201 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080710851309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FOR SPOKANE (GEG) TO HOME BASE AIRPORT THE DALLES (DLS) WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30.  WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 350 AT 12 GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS.  PILOT LANDED ON CENTER LINE PAST THE THRESHOLD, AT THIS POINT THE RIGHT WING CONTINUED TO SETTLE ON ROLL OUT UNTIL IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT FLAP SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THEY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN COMPLETE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT (NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 30).  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ONE FULL PLANE LENGTH OFF THE RUNWAY IN SAND FACING PERPENDICULAR TO RUNWAY 30.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA304), Jul 10, 2008: Beech N35 (N931B), The Dalles, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A collapse of the right main landing gear for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N931B (1)

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

- [Incident 20100607035319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100607035319I), Jun 7, 2010: Beech N35 (N931B), Dallesport, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft departed rwy 30 at the Dalles airport for bfr and experienced total engine failure 10 minutes after takeoff while heading east. Pilot turned back and…

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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