# Incident 20090812015329I: Beech V35B, Delano, CA, August 12, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Delano, CA
- Airport: Delano Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7456° N, 119.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELANO MUNI (DLO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7456&lon=-119.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62BJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62BJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 900 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090812015329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  UPON FINAL APPROACH TO BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS AIRPORT (BFL), N62BJ PILOTED BY MR. RICHARD CASTEEN CONTINUED WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACKED.  THIS RETRACKED LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED VISUALLY WAS BY BFL TOWER AND THE PILOT WAS NOTIFIED.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE AIRCRAFT AS AIRBORNE BEFORE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY, BOTH FLAPS THE RIGHT SIDE STEP AND THE PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.  THE PILOT WS ABLE TO CONTINUE AIRBORNE AND DEPARTED BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS (BFL) AND RETURN TO DELANO CA. (DLO) HIS ORIGINAL DEPARTURE.  N62BJ WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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