# Incident 20030125006789I: Beech C35BEECH, Cocoa, FL, January 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8933A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8933A-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 25 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030125006789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 11 THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD AND AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN NORMAL LANDING SPEED. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AS THE PILOT APPLIED HARDER BRAKING TO THE RIGHT WHEEL THAN THE LEFT. AFTER ROLLING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET IN THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE LIP OF A CROSSING TAXIWAY WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO START COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 40 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND. ONCE THE NOSE WAS DOWN THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ANOTHER 150 FEET UNTIL COMING TO REST ON THE TAXIWAY PARALLEL RUNWAY 11.

## Other reports on N8933A (1)

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

- [Incident 19931216052459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931216052459I), Dec 16, 1993: Beech 35BEECH (N8933A), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Veered off runway on landing and struck runway lights.

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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