# Incident 20000401022649I: Beech 35C33A, Akron, OH, April 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2000, 16:13 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N318G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 619 total, 268 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000401022649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FORM THE PILOT: ON APRIL 1, 2000, AT 1530 EST, BEECHCRAFT 35-C33A, REGISTERED TO AERO FLYERS, INC., DEPARTED SKRON FULTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AKR) FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. IVSUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  UPON RETURNING TO AKR FOR LANDING, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT THE COCKPIT FLOOR BOARDS SHAKE.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR EXTENDED INDICATION.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (CAK), WHERE CFR AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT CAK WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE  COMMERICAL RATED PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N318G (1)

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

- [Accident 19770504012159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770504012159A), May 4, 1977: Beech 35C33A (N318G), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Instead of flaps.

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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