# Incident 20190114007589I: Beech V35B, Oro Valley, AZ, January 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Oro Valley, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3909° N, 110.9665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oro Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3909&lon=-110.9665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9487Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9487Q) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190114007589I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 14, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 LCL, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA V35B, N9487Q, DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AREA OF A TAXIWAY AT LA CHOLLA AIRPARK (PRIVATE AIRFIELD) AFTER HAVING LANDED ON RUNWAY 01.

THE PILOT INVOLVED REPORTED THAT THE TAXIWAYS AT THIS AIRFIELD ARE NARROW AND THAT THEY WERE WET ON THAT DAY (DUE TO RAIN THE NIGHT PRIOR). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A MOMENT OF INATTENTION AND THAT HIS RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEFT THE TAXIWAY INTO THE DIRT AND DUG IN. THIS LED TO THE AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AT A PERPENDICULAR ANGLE FROM THE TAXIWAY HAVING STRUCK SOME BUSHES.

A BRANCH FROM A BUSH CAUSED A DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING (NO PUNCTURES). THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY WHERE THE PILOT RESTARTED THE AIRPLANE AND TAXIED IT TO HIS HANGAR. THE PILOT WAS ALONE AND NO INJURIES OR MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE REPORTED.

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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