# Incident 20100804042289I: Beech H35, Calaveras, CA, August 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Calaveras, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7939D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7939D-2018-02-16) (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: 2,100 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804042289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED SAN ANDREAS AIRPORT (CPU) FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 31. AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING ONE WITNESS STATES THE WINDS WERE SQUIRLY AND GUSTY BUT THE PILOT STATES THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL WIND CONDITIONS. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN AT 80 MPH THEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE FRONT BOUNCED TWICE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED TO THE RIGHT INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE TIRE AND RIM SUGGEST THAT A SIDE LOAD FROM THE RIGHT SIDE WAS EXCERTED TO THE TIRE AND RIM CAUSING THE TIRE TO BURST AND THE RIM TO GET FRACTURED. THE FORCE TWISTED AND CRACKED THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N7939D (1)

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

- [Incident 19821115067879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821115067879I), Nov 15, 1982: Beech H35 (N7939D), Hawthorne, CA, Minor damage. Unable to start engine pilot exited airplane. By-stander pulled prop. Engine started. Plane hit hanger. Pilot hurt.

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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