# Incident 20150611020269I: Beech V35A, Bowdon, GA, June 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2015, 08:00 local time
- Place: Bowdon, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5378° N, 85.2540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowdon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5378&lon=-85.2540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7016N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7016N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150611020269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM DESTIN, FL. (DTS) AT 510AM CDT AND HEADED TO COBB COUNTY (RYY). HE HAD APPROX 37 GALS OF FUEL.  ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF (1.5HR) INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT SPUTTERED. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS AND DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO LAND FOR FUEL. PILOT MADE AN APPROACH INTO CARROLTON (CTJ) BUT IT WAS SOCKED IN (00 IFR). THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO WEST AND LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE LANDING FIELD. HE FOUND IT CLEAR IN BOWDON, GA. WHERE HE FOUND HWY 100 OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO LAND. HE LANDED SAFELY ON HWY 100 APPROX MM2 (3700 BLOCK) WHICH IS APPRO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOWDON. HE BEGAN TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT TO A SAFE AREA. HE TAXIED ABOUT A 1/4 MILE WHERE THERE WERE TWO ROAD SIGNS (ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD). HE TRIED TO GET BETWEEN THE SIGNS WHEN HE STRUCK ONE SIGN WITH THE LEFT WING. HE CONTINUED TO TAXI TIL HE FOUND A SAFE DRIVE WAY. HE PARKED HIS AIRCRAFT AND THEN LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE. HE FOUND A DENT ABOUT 3 INCHES WIDE BY 6 INCHES HIGH, ABOUT 7 INCHES IN FROM THE WING TIP. HE ALSO FOUND THAT HE HAD STRUCK A TELEPHONE CABLE DURING HIS DECENT WITH THE PROPELLER.  THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LH LEADING EDGE.

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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