# Incident 19971004040279I: Beech F35, Hurricane, UT, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Hurricane, UT
- Airport: Hurricane Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1753° N, 113.2899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hurricane, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1753&lon=-113.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5090B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5090B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,398 total, 435 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004040279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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