# Incident 20080728842069I: Beech A36, Bakersfield, CA, July 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2008, 11:34 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080728842069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX 1134 PDT, A STUDENT PILOT (SOLO), WAS TAKING OFF IN A BE-36, N819LA.  UPON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO WHEELBORROW AND BOUNCE.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE NOSE GEAR JUST PRIOR TO VR, THE PILOT THEN REDUCED THROTTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  NO INJURIES, NO FIRE.  WEATHER NOT A FACTOR.  THE PILOT TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR THAT HE HAD SET THE "TRIM" WHEEL 6 DEGS DOWN RATHER THAN 6 DEGS UP.  STUDENT PILOT SOLO AND CROSS-COUNTRY ENDORSEMENTS ON FILE.

## Other reports on N819LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20220615010419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220615010419I), Jun 15, 2022: Beech A36 (N819LA), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. The pilot[privacy data omitted] stated that he performed his walk around/prefight at santa paula (szp) prior to departure. And took off for his home base in…

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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