19991020029489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F35 · Riverside, CA · October 20, 1999

Date: October 20, 1999 · 12:15 local
Place: Riverside, CA
Airport: Riverside Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3381C
Reported as: Beech F35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total300 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N3381CRegistered now · Beech F35S/N D-4048 Airframe modelBeech F35

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The abovementioned aircraft landed after a 20 minute local flight for a maintenance test flight. This test flight was done after engine work was accomplished. The engine operation of the aircraft was successful. However, after landing, while still taxiing, the aircraft nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft encountered minor damages with no injuries to the pilot who was the sole occupant. ATC stated that the aircraft had made a normal landing and had verbal contact with the pilot. ATC was giving instruction to the pilot where to taxi the aircraft when the incident occurred. The landing gear handle was noted in the down position after my arrival on the scene of this incident. The flaps were also noted in full down position. Once the aircraft was hoisted up and the nose landing gear was released out of the nose wheel well. The aircraft sat on all three landing gear and towed to a hangar. privacy data omitted A full landing gear swing is scheduled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE ABOVEMENTIONED AIRCRAFT LANDED AFTER A 20 MINUTE LOCAL FLIGHT FOR A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. THIS TEST FLIGHT WAS DONE AFTER ENGINE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE ENGINE OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUCCESSFUL. HOWEVER, AFTER LANDING, WHILE STILL TAXIING, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MINOR DAMAGES WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. ATC STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND HAD VERBAL CONTACT WITH THE PILOT. ATC WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO THE PILOT WHERE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS NOTED IN THE DOWN POSITION AFTER MY ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE OF THIS INCIDENT. THE FLAPS WERE ALSO NOTED IN FULL DOWN POSITION. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOISTED UP AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS RELEASED OUT OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. THE AIRCRAFT SAT ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR AND TOWED TO A HANGAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FULL LANDING GEAR SWING IS SCHEDULED.