# Incident 20040307002739I: Beech S35, Griffin, GA, March 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2004, 23:25 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Griffin-Spalding County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2270° N, 84.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY (6A2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2270&lon=-84.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8915U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 13 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/20040307002739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS (280-20G25KT). PILOT STATED THAT HE ADDED ABOUT 10 MPH TO THE NORMAL GLIDE PATH AIRSPEED TO COMPENSATE FOR GUSTS. PILOT STATED THAT HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE A LITTLE HIGH DURING THE FINAL LANDING PHASE. PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE GLIDE PATH, HE OVER-CORRECTED WHILE PUSHING FORWARD ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ONCE, ABOUT 10-FEET, AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD ENOUGH ON THE NOSE LANDING TO CAUSE THE LOWER NOSE STRUT ASSEMBLY TO FAIL. AIRPLANE SKIDDED ABOUT 680 AND REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE WAS MINOR: BENT PROPELLER, BROKEN LOWER STRUT GEAR ASSEMBLY, NOSE GEAR WHEEL, AND NOSE TIRE.

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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