# Incident 20210620010289I: Beech V35, Durango, CO, June 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2021, 12:25 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango-La Plata County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1515° N, 107.7538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (DRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1515&lon=-107.7538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777BC) (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: 1,064 total, 925 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210620010289I

## Narrative

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

THE PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN SANTA FE NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH THE DRO ATIS REPORTED WINDS WERE 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS AND DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 9900 FEET.  THE PILOT STATED AT 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BY A GUST OF WIND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY RIGHT SIDE IMPACTING TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS, THEN BOUNCED AGAIN AND SKIDDED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TOWARDS THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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