# Incident 19960426012719I: Beech J35, Sturgis, KY, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 11:45 local time
- Place: Sturgis, KY
- Airport: Sturgis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5418° N, 87.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STURGIS MUNI (TWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5418&lon=-87.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7280B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7280B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426012719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 04-26-96, A BEECH MODEL J 35 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING AT THE STURGIS, KY AIRPORT (I05). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ON A PERSONNEL BUSINESS FLIGHT UNDER FAR PART 91 OPERATING RULES. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE ON A FLIGHT FROM COLUMBUS, OH TO EAST PRAIRIE, MO WHEN THEY DECIDED TO LAND AT THE STURGIS, KY AIRPORT TO REFUEL. THEY CONTACTED THE STURGIS UNI-COM AND WERE GIVEN THE WIND CONDITIONS (290 AT 15 KNOTS) AND INSTRUCTIONS TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36. AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ESTIMATED 30 FT ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT "SANK" VERY RAPIDLY, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A MUDDY FIELD AND STOPPED. THE PILOT WAS INFORMED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER THAT AT THE TIME SHE WAS LANDING THE WIND INDICATOR REGISTERED 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER. DAMAGE WAS MINOR LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, LOWER NOSE COWLING, AND THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N7280B (1)

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

- [Incident 19860329021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329021329I), Mar 29, 1986: Beech J35 (N7280B), Glens Falls, NY, Minor damage. Hard landing with shear of nose gear. Pilot claimed wind shift.

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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