# Incident 19960728033319I: Beech V35B, Gulfshores, AL, July 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Gulfshores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2905° N, 87.6718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Jack Edwards National Airport (JKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2905&lon=-87.6718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2185L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2185L-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728033319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS WAS REVEALED. THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN EL DORADO, AR TO JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT AT GULF SHORES, AL. UPON LANDING AT JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT, THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING AND MAKING A TURN OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXI WAY. DURING THE TURN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FIRST AND THEN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TAXI WAY STOPPING THE ENGINE. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND TOP OF LEFT WING. AFTER REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE TAXI WAY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUCTURE FAILED. NO WORK AS TO THE REPAIR OF THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN INITIATED AS TO THIS DATE. M AND D'S WILL BE SUBMITTED AND A COMPLETE REPORT OF REPAIRS WILL BE PROVIDED THIS OFFICE AT TIME REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS IN ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND AD'S COMPLIED WITH. AN UPDATE WILL BE FORWARDED AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT.

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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