# Incident 20100830043989I: Beech A36, Shafter, CA, August 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2010, 11:34 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Airport: Shafter-Miter Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5005° N, 119.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shafter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5005&lon=-119.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N820GH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,429 total, 2,487 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100830043989I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-30-2010 DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT MR. TOMITA WHO WAS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD TO TAKE OVER FLIGHT CONTROLS ON LANDING BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT THE RECOVERY AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN A DEEP STALL.  WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT CUT THE POWER ON SHORT FINAL HE HAD A HARD TIME STABILIZING THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CENTER THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE CENTERLINE . AT THIS TIME THE STALL HORN CAME ON AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SETTLE,  MR. TOMITA TOOK OVER CONTROLS AS THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED BACK AND FORWARD AND DESCENDED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AND RIGHT WINGTIP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AT THE SAME TIME MR. TOMITA ADDED POWER AND TRIED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND , BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE RUNWAY AND VEERED OF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND CAME TO A FULL STOP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.    THE ONLY DAMAGE FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE WING TIPS.

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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