# Incident 20100418031819I: Beech H35, Rockport, TX, April 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Airport: Rockport, Aransas Co.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0478° N, 97.0499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0478&lon=-97.0499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618T-2013-08-19) (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 O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,577 total, 232 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100418031819I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR BELT BROKE AND PILOT DEPLEATED THE BATTERY WHEN HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER LANDING THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED HALFWAY UP AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND LANDING GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N618T (2)

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

- [Incident 19920130006059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920130006059I), Jan 30, 1992: Beech H35 (N618T), Ruidoso, NM, No damage. Appears pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on a touch and go operation.
- [Accident 19880501011239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501011239A), May 1, 1988: Beech H35 (N618T), Ruidoso, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot was warned of 50 knot wind for landing. Wind gust raised a wing on touchdown then slammed it down onto runway

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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