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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G35 · Westport, OK · October 13, 2001

Date: October 13, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place: Westport, OK
Airport: Keystone Air Park Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4593D
Reported as: Beech G35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total1,500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N4593DRegistered now · Beech G35S/N D-4763 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech G35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After normal landing rollout, airplane was slowing down to taxi speed with engine at idle power when nose gear collapsed. Visual examination by airworthiness inspector ten (10) days later, revealed that aircraft suffered minor damage. Both prop tips were bent inward, left wing tip tank and leading edge showed damage l/h inboard gear door broke off, r/h inboard MLG door damaged, gash on belly. Pilot stated that gear safe light was on and remembers looking at the mechanical indicator for gear down prior to touchdown. Eye witnesses who observed N4593D make its approach and landing, stated that the gear appeared to be down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER NORMAL LANDING ROLLOUT, AIRPLANE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TAXI SPEED WITH ENGINE AT IDLE POWER WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. VISUAL EXAMINATION BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR TEN (10) DAYS LATER, REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. BOTH PROP TIPS WERE BENT INWARD, LEFT WING TIP TANK AND LEADING EDGE SHOWED DAMAGE L/H INBOARD GEAR DOOR BROKE OFF, R/H INBOARD MLG DOOR DAMAGED, GASH ON BELLY. PILOT STATED THAT GEAR SAFE LIGHT WAS ON AND REMEMBERS LOOKING AT THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR FOR GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. EYE WITNESSES WHO OBSERVED N4593D MAKE ITS APPROACH AND LANDING, STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.