# Incident 20220509006789I: Beech V35B, Lamar, CO, May 9, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2022, 13:35 local time
- Place: Lamar, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0760° N, 102.6147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lamar, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0760&lon=-102.6147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220509006789I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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