19971004040279I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech F35 · Hurricane, UT · October 4, 1997

Date: October 4, 1997 · 18:30 local
Place: Hurricane, UT
Airport: Hurricane Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5090B
Reported as: Beech F35
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,398 total435 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N5090BRegistered now · Beech F35S/N D-4384 Airframe modelBeech F35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 10-04-97 at 1830 MDT, a Beechcraft F-35 owned by Mr. Alan l. howard, sustained airframe damage due to a collapsed nose landing gear. On landing the plane shuddered and swerved hard to the right. The nose wheel caught at the pavement and gravel boundary and folded up. A flight plan was not filed. There were no injuries, the pilot holds a commercial rating. The flight originated at page Arizona, on 10-04-97. M&d report has been filed on the flat tire and nose gear centering guide. This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 10-04-97 AT 1830 MDT, A BEECHCRAFT F-35 OWNED BY MR. ALAN L. HOWARD, SUSTAINED AIRFRAME DAMAGE DUE TO A COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR. ON LANDING THE PLANE SHUDDERED AND SWERVED HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE NOSE WHEEL CAUGHT AT THE PAVEMENT AND GRAVEL BOUNDARY AND FOLDED UP. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAGE ARIZONA, ON 10-04-97. M&D REPORT HAS BEEN FILED ON THE FLAT TIRE AND NOSE GEAR CENTERING GUIDE. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.