# Accident 20040506017719A: Beech H35, Fort Pierce, FL, May 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Aero Acres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3419° N, 80.5219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3419&lon=-80.5219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87AD-2005-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,347 total, 800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040506017719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 6, 2004, ABOUT 1030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-35-H35, N87AD, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING THE FINAL LANDING APPROACH TO THE AERO ACRES AIRPORT, IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AERO ACRES AIRPORT, ABOUT 1015, ON THE SAME DAY. ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 AT ABOUT 25' FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 30', THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL IMPACTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND SHEARED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE PAVEMENT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE ACROSS THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD FOR APPROXIMATELY 150'. AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER NOSE COWLING, THE LEFT WING AFT REAR SPAR, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE CABIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA080), May 6, 2004: Beech H35 (N87AD), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain the proper glide path during the approach which resulted in the airplane undershooting the runway and not attaining the proper touchdown point.

## Other reports on N87AD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980707037309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707037309I), Jul 7, 1998: Beech H35 (N87AD), Pierre, SD, Minor damage. (-5)Mr. Nyboer pilot in command of N87AD, a Beech 35-H35, on an IFR flight plan from lacrosse, Wisconsin to custer, south dakota experienced a gradual loss of…

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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