# Incident 20250904014739I: Beech K35, Spring Branch, TX, September 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Spring Branch, TX
- Airport: Kestral
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8763° N, 98.4085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Branch, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8763&lon=-98.4085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9538R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9538R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250904014739I

## Narrative

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

ON VFR DEPARTURE AT 1600 LOCAL, DOOR POPPED OPEN SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF, COULD NOT HEAR RADIO AND SOME YAW FROM OPENED DOOR.  RETURNED TO 1T7 TO LAND. ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND CAME TO STOP AFTER IMPACTING SIDE OF HANGAR.

LANDED ON RUNWAY  30, WEATHER CLEAR, RUNWAY HAS SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE (VFR OPS ONLY)

HANGAR WAS ABOUT 200' FROM WHERE AC DEPARTED RUNWAY LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30, RUNWAY WIDTH 40 FEET.

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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