# Incident 20010708039129I: Beech V35B, South Bend, IN, July 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2001, 15:25 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 100 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010708039129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 07-08-2001, MR. HARDING LANDED A BE-35-V35B AT SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT, SBN AT APPROX. 1525 EASTERN TIME. AFTER A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE NOSE SUDDENLY, AND HE CONTROLLED THE NOSE BACK DOWN. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF THE LOWER STRUT FORGING, AND DEPARTED TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT, COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 27L, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT BURIED INTO THE DIRT.

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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