# Incident 20190130023809I: Beech V35B, Modesto, CA, January 30, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2019, 14:17 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Modesto City-County-Harry Sham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6258° N, 120.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MODESTO CITY-COUNTY-HARRY SHAM FLD (MOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6258&lon=-120.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18493, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18493-2020-04-03) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190130023809I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2019, N18493 A BEECHCRAFT BONAZA V35B WAS INVOLVED IN AN UNMANNED INCIDENT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE DESTROYED. DURING STARTUP OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE DUE TO A POSSIBLE LOW BATTERY. THE PILOT GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO RETRIEVE A POWER CART. WHILE HE WAS GETTING THE POWER CART, THE PASSENGER GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO PULL ON THE PROPELLER TO LOOSEN THE ENGINE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PILOT HAD LEFT THE MAGNETOS IN THE ON POSITION, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO ENGAGE AND START MOVING. THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WING STRUCK A VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY HITTING AN AIRPORT PARAMETER FENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED, AS NO PERSON WAS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT MOVED.

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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