# Incident 20040131002269I: Bag B2061, Slaton, TX, January 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87590, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87590-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beagle B.206 SERIES 1 (registry code 1121223, https://openairdocs.org/model/beagle-b-206-series-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GIO-470SERIES (registry code 17034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gio-470series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG B2061
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,178 total, 5 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/20040131002269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 31, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CST, AIRCRAFT N87590, FLOWN BY PILOT GRAEME L. COOPER, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING AT THE SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F49), IN SLATON, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS WAVED OFF BY BY-STANDERS WHILE ANOTHER PERSON TOLD THE PILOT TO ABORT THE LANDING AND TO GO AROUND BY TALKING TO HIM ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (RADIO). WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT MADE THREE PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY BEFORE LANDING. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE FLAPS RETRACTED AND THE PILOT APPEARED TO HOLD THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WITNESSES REPORTED ALL THREE LANDING GEARS APPEARED TO BE DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED TWO TO THREE SECONDS AFTER IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 300 FEET FROM THE POINT WHERE THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND SLID TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVEDMINOR DAMAGE OVERALL.

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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