# Incident 19851118071349I: Beech C24R, Coatesville, PA, November 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1985, 13:20 local time
- Place: Coatesville, PA
- Airport: Chester Co G O Carlson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9790° N, 75.8655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER COUNTY G O CARLSON (MQS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9790&lon=-75.8655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3824Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3824Q-1993-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 164 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851118071349I

## Narrative

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

CROSSWIND ON TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DUE TO SIDE LOAD.

## Other reports on N3824Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920808029809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920808029809A), Aug 8, 1992: Beech C24R (N3824Q), Eliot, ME, Substantial damage. Landed fast on short runway. Unable to stop ran down embankment. At end runway and overturned into bushes.

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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