# Incident 20120628019969I: Beech E35, Mineola, TX, June 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2012, 09:35 local time
- Place: Mineola, TX
- Airport: Wisener Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6512° N, 95.4728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mineola, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6512&lon=-95.4728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3209C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3209C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120628019969I

## Narrative

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

SW05 WAS CONTACTED AT 0945 LCL, 06/28/2012,  BY SW ROC REGARDING ACCIDENT REPORTED TO ROC FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. TWO INSPECTORS WERE DISPATCHED FROM SW05 TO WISENER FIELD 3F9, MINEOLA, TX. INSPECTORS ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1300 LCL AND FOUND N3209C IN A HANGAR AT 3F9.N3209C HAD BEEN TOWED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE AIRPORT AT THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER/PILOT. INSPECTORS FOUND DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS ALONG WITH IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED THAT N3209C HAD ENCOUNTERED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WHICH REQUIRED THE PILOT TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT THE PILOT WITHOUT FLAPS FOR LANDING.THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. THE PILOT'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND WAS TOO LOW WHICH RESULTED IN IMPACT WITH TREES LOCATED ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 35 APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. N3209C TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 200 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED ON A PARALLEL COURSE TO THE RUNWAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2000 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP FACING THE RUNWAY.THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE MINEOLA HOSPITAL AND RELEASED AFTER EXAMINATION WITH NO INJURY REPORTED. INSPECTION OF THE N3209C BY SW05 INSPECTORS REVEALED THAT A BATTERY HAD BEEN INSTALLED BY THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THE BATTERY HAD BEEN PURCHASED AT A LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE RETAIL STORE BY THE OWNER. THERE WERE NUMEROUS MELTED WIRES NEAR THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR INDICATING A POSSIBLE OVERLOAD OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

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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