# Incident 20030512009859I: Beech F35, Truckee, CA, May 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2003, 19:55 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3363C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3363C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 240 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/20030512009859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: MAY 15, 2003 DEAR MR. MORGAN, AS WE DISCUSSED ON MAY 12TH, I DEPARTED SAN CARLOS AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT TO LINCOLN AND THEN ON TO TRUCKEE. I RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I FLEW DIRECT TO LINCOLN AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. I HAD A GREEN LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND COULD SEE THE LANDING GEAR DOWN IN THE WING TIP MIRROR. I LANDED ON RUNWAY 15 AND TAXIED OVER NEAR THE SELF SERVE FUEL PUMP AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE. I SPENT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE BEFORE GETTING BACK IN AND TAXIING BACK TO RUNWAY 15. I DEPARTED LINCOLN AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I FLEW DIRECT TO TRUCKEE. WHILE OVER DOWNTOWN TRUCKEE, I EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. I AGAIN HAD A GREEN LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND COULD SEE THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED IN THE WING TIP MIRROR. I ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 19 AND AGAIN CHECKED THE WING TIP MIRROR AND COULD SEE THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO COME DOWN, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE PROP THEN STRUCK THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE OF THEAIRPLANE COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. I SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD AND I WAS NOT INJURED. MY TOTAL FLYING HOURS ARE 343, TIME IN TYPE IS 240 AND TIME IN THE LAST 90 DAYS IS 14. AS REQUESTED, I HAVE ENCLOSED COPIES FROM THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOKS OF THE LAST ANNUAL. ALSO ENCLOSED IS A COPY FROM MY PILOT LOG BOOK OF MY LAST BFR. TERRANCE M. QUINN

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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