# Incident 20000514034479I: Beech J35, Huntingdon, TN, May 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Huntingdon, TN
- Airport: Carroll County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0893° N, 88.4633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Carroll County Airport (HZD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0893&lon=-88.4633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N263AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000514034479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING AROUND THE RAMP TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT INTENED.  THERE HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY 51 OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS KIND TO THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.  SOME OF THE FAILURES HAVE CAUSED FATALITIES.  THE PART (NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD) HAS BEEN THE FOCAL POINT OF DEFECT TO ALL OF THE 51 REPORTED CASES TO AFS-620.  THE PART SHOULD BE REDESIGNED IN ORDER TO WITHSTAND THE STREES AND NOT BREAK.  PROBLEM AREA SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING DONE AT CERTAIN INTERVALS.

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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