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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech V35B · Kernville, CA · May 26, 2013

Date: May 26, 2013 · 13:45 local
Place: Kernville, CA
Airport: Kern Valley
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7435B
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR13CA249
Reported as: Beech V35B
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,510 total1,000 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N7435BRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2014 · Beech V35BS/N D-9593 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech V35B Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On Sunday may 26, 2013, bonanza BE-V35B was landing at Kernville airport, Kernville, CA (LO5), runway 17, at approximately 1345 PDT. The pilot landed slightly left of center line in the touchdown area. Tire skid marks indicated that the airplane was tracking left and eventually departed the runway on the left side about 1000 feet down the runway and stopped abrpubtly after the nose wheel collapsed and was bent aft. The right and left wing tips had damage from ground contact and the entire engine compartment was canted left from the ground contact. Firewall damage is substantial. Visual meterological conditions prevailed. Wind speed and direction were not reported at the airport but the pilot reported gusty winds. The pilot was slightly injured with an cut finger and the passenger was not injured. The purpose of the flight was to have lunch at the airport and then return to santa monica where the airplance is hangared.

As the FAA filed it

ON SUNDAY MAY 26, 2013, BONANZA BE-V35B WAS LANDING AT KERNVILLE AIRPORT, KERNVILLE, CA (LO5), RUNWAY 17, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 PDT. THE PILOT LANDED SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTER LINE IN THE TOUCHDOWN AREA. TIRE SKID MARKS INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS TRACKING LEFT AND EVENTUALLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE ABOUT 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED ABRPUBTLY AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND WAS BENT AFT. THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIPS HAD DAMAGE FROM GROUND CONTACT AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS CANTED LEFT FROM THE GROUND CONTACT. FIREWALL DAMAGE IS SUBSTANTIAL. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION WERE NOT REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT BUT THE PILOT REPORTED GUSTY WINDS. THE PILOT WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED WITH AN CUT FINGER AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO HAVE LUNCH AT THE AIRPORT AND THEN RETURN TO SANTA MONICA WHERE THE AIRPLANCE IS HANGARED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB WPR13CA249Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportKernville, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusty wind conditions.May 26, 2013 · Substantial damage