# Incident 20190419003089I: Beech S35, Fort Myers, FL, April 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2019, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5751K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5751K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 600 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/20190419003089I

## Narrative

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

04/19/2019 - AFTER LANDING AT KFMY AT 2100 PILOT WAS DIRECTED BY TOWER TO AREA ?D? SOUTH RAMP. AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO DITCH BETWEEN ?A? HANGERS AND ?D? RAMP. PILOT SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO CHECK OUT ANY DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM DITCH AND WAS INSPECTED BY FAA CERTIFICATED MECHANIC. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5751K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030614013109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030614013109I), Jun 14, 2003: Beech S35 (N5751K), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft on approach 17L cos lowered landing gear and the engine quit. The pilot raised the gear and landed short of runway.
- [Incident 19890506038789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506038789I), May 6, 1989: Beech S35 (N5751K), Bethalto, IL, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed during landing rollout. Appears pilot inadvertently retracted gear on rollout.

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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