19820919062389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B35 · Torrance, CA · September 19, 1982

Date: September 19, 1982 · 10:33 local
Place: Torrance, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47LL
Reported as: Beech B35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total2,500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N47LLRegistered now · Beech 35S/N D-972 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBeech 35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.

Engine quit on final. Nose wheel collapsed on striking piece of asphalt on rollout. Fuel selector wrong position.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ON STRIKING PIECE OF ASPHALT ON ROLLOUT. FUEL SELECTOR WRONG POSITION.