# Accident 20130526009699A: Beech V35B, Kernville, CA, May 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2013, 13:45 local time
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Airport: Kern Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7236° N, 118.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7236&lon=-118.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7435B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7435B-2014-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130526009699A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR13CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA249), May 26, 2013: Beech V35B (N7435B), Kernville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusty wind conditions.

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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