# Incident 19991020029489I: Beech F35, Riverside, CA, October 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3381C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3381C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991020029489I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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