# Accident 20220129001289A: Beech K35, Salem, OR, January 29, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2022, 15:04 local time
- Place: Salem, OR
- Airport: Salem Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9050° N, 122.9985° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9050&lon=-122.9985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9530R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9530R-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220129001289A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REQUESTED A T/O, CLOSED PATTERN AND LANDING FROM SLE TOWER.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE FLARE IT PITCHED UP, CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, ENTERED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  WITNESSES ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVVED UP FOR TWO TO THREE SECONDS PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR22FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA087), Jan 29, 2022: Beech K35 (N9530R), Salem, OR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane’s excessive nose-up pitch attitude during landing for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N9530R (3)

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

- [Incident 19960923039239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960923039239I), Sep 23, 1996: Beech K35 (N9530R), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: after landing, the gear collapsed. Causing the aircraft to skid-off the side of the runway. Left flap, landing gear and gear door damaged as a…
- [Incident 19830507046079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830507046079I), May 7, 1983: Beech K35 (N9530R), San Carlos, CA. Nose gear jammed on retraction after takeoff. Collapsed on landing. Push pull rod end failed.
- [Incident 19780522035299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522035299I), May 22, 1978: Beech K35 (N9530R), St Louis, MO. Pilot had vertigo and reported erratic VOR indications. Vectored to asr approach at Lambert.

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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