20250301002239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Kalispell, MT · March 1, 2025

Date
March 1, 2025 · 14:00 local
Place
Kalispell, MT
Airport
Kalispell City
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4405A
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,923 total1,873 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

During the takeoff roll, at rotation an excessive back pressure was applied to the elevator causeing the aircraft to over rotate. The over rotation caused the aircraft to drift left and the airplane exited the runway causing the nose gear of the aircraft to collaps and damaging the propeller. The aircraft experienced minor damage

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AT ROTATION AN EXCESSIVE BACK PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ELEVATOR CAUSEING THE AIRCRAFT TO OVER ROTATE. THE OVER ROTATION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT LEFT AND THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT TO COLLAPS AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE