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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Lamar, CO · May 9, 2022

Date
May 9, 2022 · 13:35 local
Place
Lamar, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N756T
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,460 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 05/09/2022 at approximently 13:35 local while flying at 11,500 AGL, 30 miles east of Lamar, CO 81052 aircraft encountered what was reported by the pilot as severe to extreme turbulence, possible wake turbulence. The pilot was the sole occupant on board and reported hitting his head with minor initial injury. No medical attention was sought or received as a result of this minor injury. The aircraft ELT was dislodged from it's mounting location and activated until the aircraft was later on the on the ground it could be turned off and re-set. The pilot inspected the aircraft and reported a small crack in the aircraft dash and a 1.25 crack in the left wing paint above the gear well.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/09/2022 AT APPROXIMENTLY 13:35 LOCAL WHILE FLYING AT 11,500 AGL, 30 MILES EAST OF LAMAR, CO 81052 AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WHAT WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT AS SEVERE TO EXTREME TURBULENCE, POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND REPORTED HITTING HIS HEAD WITH MINOR INITIAL INJURY. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT OR RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS MINOR INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT ELT WAS DISLODGED FROM IT'S MOUNTING LOCATION AND ACTIVATED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER ON THE ON THE GROUND IT COULD BE TURNED OFF AND RE-SET. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED A SMALL CRACK IN THE AIRCRAFT DASH AND A 1.25 CRACK IN THE LEFT WING PAINT ABOVE THE GEAR WELL.