# Accident 20090310005089A: Beech 35C33, Atlanta, GA, March 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2009, 23:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Fi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7791° N, 84.5214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fulton County Airport Brown Field (FTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7791&lon=-84.5214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5891J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5891J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,568 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090310005089A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AT 2300Z HOURS A PILOT CLEARED BY ATC ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT FULTON COUNTY-BROWN AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 32 FROM SOUTHWEST.  PILOT STATED HE COMMENCED HIS 70K DESCENT TO LAND, A NORMAL APPROACH FOR HIS AIRCRAFT.  SUDDENLY HE WAS CAUGHT BY SUPRISE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOTTOM OUT AS HE INSTINCTIVELY APPLIED MORE POWER BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER IF THE AIRCRAFT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL LIFT, ONLY THAT HE LANDED SHORT INTO THE GRASSY END OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE DESCENT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE HIT THE TOP OF AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT SOUTHWEST SIDE EXTERNAL TO THE AIRPORT 32 FT AGL IN LINE WITH RUNWAY 32 LANDING RED LIGHTS.  CONTINUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DESCENT BELOW 32 FT AND THE RIGHT WING LANDING GEAR IMPACTED THE TOP PORTION OF AIRPORT PERIMETER (BARBED WIRE/MEDAL) FENCE BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  AIRCRAFT N5891J RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND TORN FROM THE STRUT, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING AND SLIDING OF THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE GRASSY AREA SHORT OF RUNWAY 32.  THE PROPELLER BLADES BOTH TIPS, WERE CURLED BACKWARD TOWARD THE FUSELAGE.

## 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

## Other reports on N5891J (4)

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

- [Accident 20231207018709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231207018709A), Dec 7, 2023: Beech 35-C33 (N5891J), Pulaski, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft departed dkx (Knoxville Downtown island airport) on 12/07/2023 at 15:48:28 z (based on ADS-B data). The aircraft destination was suz (saline county…
- [Incident 20210325004469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210325004469I), Mar 25, 2021: Beech 35-C33 (N5891J), Johns Island, SC, Minor damage. Eon message text: Charleston, SC (jzi): N5891J, BE35, landed on runway 9 with the landing gear retracted. POB: 1, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown.…
- [Incident 19960828034039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828034039I), Aug 28, 1996: Beech 35C33 (N5891J), Las Vegas, NV. Narrative: on August 28, 1996, at about 1950 PDT the flight was observed by witness at low altitude over a congested area of las. Information from Las Vegas…
- [Accident 19850714037129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850714037129A), Jul 14, 1985: Beech 35C33 (N5891J), Scappoose, OR, Substantial damage. After turning off runway pilot inadvertently retracted gear while reaching for the flap handle.

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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