# Incident 20120503006719I: Beech S35, May 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Airport: Mc Clellan Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7947K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7947K-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,555 total, 1,154 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120503006719I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DOING A LOCAL PRACTICE FLIGHT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT TANK. THE LEVER ONLY MOVED PARTIALLY SINCE THE HEADSET WIRE WAS WEDGED UNDERNEATH THE FUEL SELECTOR LEVER. HE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE LEVER INTO THE DETENT FOR THE LEFT TANK. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AT THIS POINT HE WAS ON MIDFIELD RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 16. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. HE WAS WITHIN 45 DEGREES OF RUNWAY DIRECTION AND AT ABOUT 10 FEET WHEN HE STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH THE RUNWAY NOSE GEAR FIRST THEN SKIDDED IN A LEFT TURN OF ABOUT 130 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST IN A GRASS AREA TO THE EAST OF RUNWAY 16 FACING NORTHEAST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE NOSE GEAR; THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS SHREDDED AND SCRAPE MARKS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING AND SOME MINOR BUCKLING ON THE TOP SURFACE.

## Other reports on N7947K (1)

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

- [Incident 19821119066319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821119066319I), Nov 19, 1982: Beech S35 (N7947K), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Nose gear collapsed. Did not have a current physical. Aircraft not properly registered.

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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