# Incident 19980228012289I: Beech A36, Houston, TX, February 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston-Lakeside Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2015A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2015A-2006-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 827 total, 660 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980228012289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 28, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 HOURS LOCAL TIME, DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, AT IWS AIRPORT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS THE BEECHCRAFT A-36, S/N E-1306, N2015A, CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO SHEAR THE NOSE GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON ITS NOSE COWL AND PROPELLER. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE VISIBLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2015A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050530009009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050530009009A), May 30, 2005: Beech A36 (N2015A), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 30, 2005, at 1515 local time a Beechcraft BE-36-A36 serial number E-1306 registered as N2015A, crashed during a go-around at the Houston Southwest…

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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