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Date
April 21, 2004 · 19:00 local
Place
Wetumpka, AL
Airport
Wetumpka Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N211SH
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
823 total800 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Lost control of airplane at touchdown due to gusty, 90 degree crosswind-porpoised on nose gear causing gear to break. Visual inspection of airplane concluded that there was no airframe damage, but noticeable damage to the nose gear strut and propeller.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE AT TOUCHDOWN DUE TO GUSTY, 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND-PORPOISED ON NOSE GEAR CAUSING GEAR TO BREAK. VISUAL INSPECTION OF AIRPLANE CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE, BUT NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT AND PROPELLER.