- Date
- May 15, 1983, 19:30 local (May 16, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Rafael, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8512MBeech 35P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830515038029A
- Case key
- 23714
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Analysis
The plt reported that during his final apch to land, he observed an individual on a small lawn-type tractor, well clear on the left side of the rwy. Just after touchdown, as he was lowering the nose, he observed the tractor pass under the left wing of the acft. He reported that he felt no impact, but after turning off the rwy, he noted the leading edge of the wing was dented. He notified the arpt manager, who inspected the rwy. The tractor operator was found lying on the left side of the rwy with serious head injuries & was transported to the hospital.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8512M
- Reported as
- Beech 35P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7180
- Airframe hours
- 3,022
- Engine
- Continental IO-470N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Mc Elroy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- TLR · Tulare, CA
- Airport
- CA35 · Smith Ranch, runway 22, 2,140 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 909 total · 12 in this make and model · 697 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.