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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Clayton, NM · March 19, 1978

Date: March 19, 1978 · 18:10 local
Place: Clayton, NM
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4340W
Reported as: Beech V35B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,600 total550 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4340WRegistered now · Beech V35BS/N D-9577 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech V35B 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.

Bolt in nose gear scissors came out during takeoff. Nose wheel dropped out after liftoff.

As the FAA filed it

BOLT IN NOSE GEAR SCISSORS CAME OUT DURING TAKEOFF. NOSE WHEEL DROPPED OUT AFTER LIFTOFF.