# Incident 20120621013059I: Beech S35, Tulare, CA, June 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2002° N, 119.3361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulare, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2002&lon=-119.3361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5831K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5831K) (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: 981 total, 600 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120621013059I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IN PREPERATION FOR AN UPCOMING FLIGHT REVIEW WHICH WAS DUE IN JUNE OF 2012.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE TULARE AIRPORT AND FLEW AROUND THE AREA BEFORE RETURNING FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS AT TULARE.  WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT HE WAS LISTENING TO MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT IN THE TULARE AREA.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS ON THE HELICOPTER TAXING PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, AND AN AIRPLANE TRANSMITTING THROUGH THE TULARE AIRSPACE AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BUT OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE JUST BECAME DISTRACTED FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED TO STEAR THE AIRPLANE WITH RUDDER IMPUT BEFORE HE LOST AIRFLOW OVER THE RUDDERS.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5831K (1)

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

- [Incident 20210526009379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210526009379I), May 26, 2021: Beech S35 (N5831K), Tulare, CA, Minor damage. On may 26, 2021, N5831K, a Beech aircraft S35 was involved in an incident while attempting a takeoff on runway 31 at the Mefford Field Airport in Tulare,…

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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