# Incident 19990917033929I: Beech S35, Plains, MT, September 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1999, 20:00 local time
- Place: Plains, MT
- Airport: Plains Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4736° N, 114.9071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLAINS (S34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4736&lon=-114.9071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N190Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,445 total, 1,407 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990917033929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET. WHILE TAXIING THROUGH THE TIE DOWN AREA, WHICH IS NOT PAVED, HE FELT A BUMP FROM THE NOSE WHEEL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, LOADED ONE PASSENGER AND COMPLETED A RETURN FLIGHT TO HELENA, MT.  AFTER SHUTDOWN IN HELENA, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVEREDTO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND ENGINE THAT REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH COMPONENTS.  THE PILOT FELT THAT HE HAD TAXIED OVER AND POSSIBLY STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE TIRE THAT COVERS THE TIE DOWN CHAINS.  THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N190Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20230409004549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230409004549I), Apr 9, 2023: Beech S35 (N190Q), Townsend, MT, Minor damage. On April 9, 2023 at aproximately 1300 hours the pilot departed hln in [privacy data omitted]. The pilot arrived at 8U8 and landed at aproximately 1345 hours.…

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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