# Incident 19981025030249I: Beech C35BEECH, Birmingham, AL, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 19:15 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N748D-2001-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025030249I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT WAS APPROACH TO R/W 050 TO BHM AIRPORT. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 060 FEET.  APPROX 5 MILE FINAL TWR CLEARED 757 AIRCRAFT TO HOLD FOR 050 DEPARTURE.  PILOT BEGAN SLOW DESCENT TO LAND, FLAPS 10% A/S APPROX 110.  PILOT CONTINUED DESCENT WITH THROTTLE IDLE, COWL FLAPS OPENED, MIXTURE OUT.  APPROX 3/4 MILE ACFT SLIPPED BELOW GLIDEPATH, PILOT APPLIED THROTTLE PUSHED IN MIXTURE, BUT ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND.  MISHAP AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 500 FEET BEFORE THRESHOLD INTO THE APPROACH LIGHT.  AIRCRAFT CAME  TO A STOP APPROX 400 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT POINT.  NUMEROUS RUNWAY LIGHS WERE TORN DOWN BY THE AIRCRAFT WINGS AND NOSE GEAR.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUT FRACTURED APPROX 12 IN. BELOW AIRCRAFT ATTACH POINT AND EVENTUALLY BROKE INTO 6 TO 8 PIECES.  BOTH WINGS LEADING EDGES DENTED, RIGHT TIP TANK SMALL RUPTURE, PROPELLER BLADE BENT, NOSE GEAR DOORS DAMAGED, FWD PILOT WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS CRACKED AND BROKEN.  THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUES TEARS IN THE AIRCRAFT SKIN CAUSED BY LIGHT FIXTURES, ALSO THE LEFT AILERON WAS DAMAGED.

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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