# Incident 20210102000239I: Beech V35, Hooper, CO, January 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2021, 16:15 local time
- Place: Hooper, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7460° N, 105.8777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hooper, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7460&lon=-105.8777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4822J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4822J-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,472 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210102000239I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF DEPARTURE ROLL FROM A REMOTE DIRT AIRSTRIP THIS AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACT WITH A SNOW & ICE DRIFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT WHICH ULTIMATELY VEERED LEFT INTO A SAGEBRUSH AREA ADJACENT THE RUNWAY. BEFORE COMING TO REST THE AIRCRAFT NOSE-WHEEL ENCOUNTERED A SMALL DITCH AND THE NOSE-WHEEL COLLAPSED, EXPERIENCING POWERED PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND SOUGHT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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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