# Incident 20250706011859I: Beech V35, Crystal, MN, July 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2025, 15:55 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6269V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6269V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 27 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250706011859I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC ARRIVED AT HIS HANGAR AND FOUND AN AIRCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT OF HIS. THE PIC MOVED THE PLANE PARKED IN FRONT, AND PRE-FLIGHTED HIS AIRCRAFT INSIDE THE HANGER. AFTER PREFLIGHT WAS COMPLETE, THE PIC MOVED HIS AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGER AND MOVED THE OTHER AIRCRAFT BACK INSIDE AND PROCEEDED TO CLOSE THE HANGER. THE PIC STATED HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING ABNORMAL DURING THE RUNUP, TAXI AND TAKE OFF ROLL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL SOMETHING STRUCK THE PROPELLER. THE PIC CONTACTED TOWER, CANCELED IFR AND REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH FOR THE TOWER TO INSPECT. THE PIC THEN LANDED AND TAXIED BACK WITHOUT ISSUE. DURING A POST LANDING INSPECTION THE PIC DISCOVERED HE HAD LEFT THE TOWBAR ON THE AIRCRAFT, IT STRUCK THE PROPELLER AND BROKE OFF RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TOWBAR WAS LATER RECOVERED NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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