# Incident 20040206002469I: Beech 35BEECH, Lancaster, OH, February 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, OH
- Airport: Fairfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7556° N, 82.6571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD COUNTY (LHQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7556&lon=-82.6571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51394, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51394-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E225*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 275 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040206002469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 7, 2004, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE INSPECTORS FROM THE CMH FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE ARRIVED AT THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT (LHQ) TO TALK TO THE PILOT AND EXAMINE THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE FIRST OF THREE REQUIRED TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO FULFILL HIS CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS. DURING THE FIRST TOUCH-AND-GO ON RUNWAY 28, HE SAID THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN OF BOTH MAIN GEARS WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO THE NOSE TOUCHING DOWN, HE CHOSE TO RETRACT THE FLAPS IN PREPARATION FOR THE GO AROUND. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD INDEED MOMENTARILY ACTUATED THE GEAR SWITCH BY MISTAKE, INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SWITCH. HE THOUGHT HE HAD CORRECTED THIS ERROR BY ACTUATING THE GEAR SWITCH; HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT IN A LOCKED CONFIGURATION. AS THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT SHIFTED TO THE NOSE GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED INTO THE WHEEL WELL, THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. FURTHER DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED PILOT STATEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2004.

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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