# Accident 19960802028669A: Beech V35B, Walker, MN, August 2, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1996, 11:15 local time
- Place: Walker, MN
- Airport: Walker Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0803° N, 94.5696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0803&lon=-94.5696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N823T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N823T) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 705 total, 191 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960802028669A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED LANDING. FOLDED NOSE GEAR. DAMAGED FIREWALL. LACK OF PROPER ELEVATOR TRIM A FACTOR. (-23) PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR ON RUNWAY 14, AT WALKER, MN (Y49). NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF AND AIRCRAFT SLID TO STOP 2/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY. NO INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA275), Aug 2, 1996: Beech V35B (N823T), Walker, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to properly flare the airplane for landing, and her improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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