# Incident 19970103001289I: Beech 58, Auburn-Lewiston, ME, January 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1997, 08:45 local time
- Place: Auburn-Lewiston, ME
- Airport: Auburn-Lewiston Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SFOA
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37SF-2018-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,050 total, 295 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970103001289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01-03-97, AT 08:45 LOCAL, N37SF, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL 58 ON A PART 135 FLIGHT FROM PENNYAN, NY TO LEW, WITH FIVE PASSENGERS, RECEIVED CLEARANCE BY PWM APPROACH TO THE ILS RUNWAY 4 TO LEW AND ADVISED TO CHANGE FREQUENCIES. CTAF WAS CONTACTED WITH INTENTIONS AND POSITION. AT 800' MSL, AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST, SPOTTED THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED VISUALLY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200' DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN AND SHEARED OFF. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLERS (AT IDLE) STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR ANOTHER 200' AND CAME TO REST ABOUT MIDFIELD AND SIX (6) FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FAA INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AT LEW ON 01-04-97, FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF, NOSE GEAR RETRACTION RODS BROKEN, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL HOUSING FAIRING, NOSE CONE AND A SMALL AREA OF THE BELLY SKIN. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING, LEFT PROPELLER SPINNER, BOTH PROPELLER TIPS (CURLED) AND THE RIGHT FLAP.

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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