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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Ramona, CA · June 3, 2025

Date: June 3, 2025 · 15:35 local
Place: Ramona, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N997BC
Reported as: Beech S35
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total

N997BCRegistered now · Beech S35S/N D-7761 Airframe modelBeech S35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

The aircraft was on a check flight after maintenance (flight control rigging). The engine lost oil pressure, followed by the engine stopping just short of final. The pilot landed short with minor damage to the nose gear door with no injuries. An inspection of the engine found a connecting rod failure. The engine was last overhauled in 1998.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A CHECK FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE (FLIGHT CONTROL RIGGING). THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE, FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE STOPPING JUST SHORT OF FINAL. THE PILOT LANDED SHORT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOOR WITH NO INJURIES. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOUND A CONNECTING ROD FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS LAST OVERHAULED IN 1998.

Other reports on N997BC · 2

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

Incident 20210911015549ILanding: Touchdown · Santa Paula, CADo to heavy radio traffic at the Santa Paula Airport the pilot was distracted from the check list and did not confirm that the gear was down and locked. Pilot landed the airplane with landing gear retracted. Propeller struck the ground engine stopped running…Sep 11, 2021 · Minor damage Incident 20120702013569ILanding: Touchdown · Englewood, COOn July 2, 2012 at 1430 MDT a Beechcraft S35 was advised by the tower contoller while on 1/2 mile final runway 35R to put his gear down. The pilot then stated that the gear was down. Pilot continued and as the aircraft was over the runway, the pilot asked the…Jul 2, 2012 · Minor damage