# Incident 19991223041939I: Beech F33A, Concord, NC, December 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1999, 14:27 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15131, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15131-2018-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991223041939I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WITNESS SAW AIRCRAFT COMING IN FOR LANDING. HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LAND NOSE WHEEL FIRST.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGIN TO PROPOISE.  ON ONE OF THE SUBSEQUENT PROPOISES THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF.  THE PILOT HAD RETIRED FROM THE AIRLINES APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS EARILER.  HE OWNED THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS, AND HAD APPROXMATELY 12 HOURS IN THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE HAD NO OTHER RECENT SMALL AIRCRAFT FLIGHT TIME.  DURING HIS INTERVIEW HE HAD FELT LIKE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER HAD HELD HIM AT A HIGH ALTITUDE FOR QUITE A WHILE, WHICH AFFECTED HIS FINAL APPROACH INTO CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT.  HIS APPROACH WAS NOT AS STABO;OZED AS IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.  HE STATED THAT HE INITIALLY HAD MADE A FAIRLY SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT "PORPOISING".  THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, ENGINE (DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE), AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSNEGER.

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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