# Incident 20020815036919I: Beech E35, Hanover, PA, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hanover, PA
- Airport: Hanover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7926° N, 77.0247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hanover Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7926&lon=-77.0247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3325C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3325C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 107 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815036919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2002, AT 1930 HRS., DURING A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT, A BEECH BONANZA MODEL E-35 MADE A LANDING TO RUNWAY 27 AT HANOVER AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED YORK AIRPORT (THV) TEN MINUTES PRIOR, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CONFIRMED "GREEN" GEAR LIGHT ON FINAL. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SUCCESSFULLY BUT DURING ROLLOUT THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, NOSE WHEEL DOORS, PROPELLER AND THE LOWER ENGINE COWL OCCURRED. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. MECHANIC PERFORMING REPAIRS STATED HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE LINKAGE OF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. MECHANIC SUGGESTS POSSIBLE RIGGING PROBLEM.

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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