# Incident 20000719028149I: Beech S35, Phoenix, AZ, July 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6851Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6851Q-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000719028149I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHEN THE PILOT DEPARTED E60 HE NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT WAS INOP. HE ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR BUT THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS INOP. THE PILOT CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.  PRIOR TO LANDING AT DVT, THE PILOT ASKED THE TOWER TO VISUALLY INSPECT TO SEE IF THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. THE TOWER VERIFIED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RWY 25L.  UPON TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR WAS SECURE BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE A/C SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  DURING MY PRELIMINARY INSPECTION I NOTED THE FOLLOWING: PROP STRIKE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND NOSE SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR TO HIS PASSENGER (WIFE).

## Other reports on N6851Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19900720057819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900720057819I), Jul 20, 1990: Beech S35 (N6851Q), Lukeville, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout at a Private air strip. Nose wheel struck a ditch on runway and collapsed.
- [Accident 19831007054159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831007054159A), Oct 7, 1983: Beech S35 (N6851Q), Elgin, AZ, Substantial damage. During takeoff roll aircraft left runway and left wheel struck a hidden rock causing it to veer into trees.

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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