# Incident 20100403030789I: Beech H35, San Angelo, TX, April 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5504D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5504D-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403030789I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 3, 2010, AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.  SHORTLY AFTER PASSING SAN ANGELO, TEXAS THE PILOT BEGAN EXPERIENCING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY DIVERSION BACK TO THE SAN ANGELO AIRPORT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18, THE PILOT WAS ADVISED BY THE SJT TOWER THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  THE PILOT SAID DUE TO POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A GO AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE TWO SOULS ONBOARD.

## Other reports on N5504D (1)

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

- [Incident 19780402009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780402009009I), Apr 2, 1978: Beech H35 (N5504D), Santa Cruz, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. Pilot had electrical failure on final. Failed to use emergency gear extension.

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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