# Incident 20040813018599I: Beech A35, Prescott, AZ, August 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2004, 18:35 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Big Springs Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9100° N, 112.5341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG SPRINGS RANCH (AZ27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9100&lon=-112.5341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N580B-2018-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040813018599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE OPERATING FROM BIG SPRING AIRSTRIP (AZ27) IN THE LOCAL PAULDEN, AZ AREA, THE PILOT STARTED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL @ 1830 HRS (MST) ON 8-13-04. AS THE AIRSPEED INDICATED APPROX. 80 MPH AND THE NOSE OF THE A/C BECAME LIGHT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND FOLDED AFT. THE NOSE OF THE A/C CONTINUED TO FALL AND THE PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. THE MAIN LANDING GEARS REMAINED EXTENDED AND THE A/C SLID ON ITS NOSE (ENG. COMPARTMENT) AND MAIN WHEELS APPROX. 100 FT. BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE AIRSTRIP. THE ONE (1) OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO POST-EVENT FIRE. DAMAGE TO THE A/C IS CONSIDERED MINOR AS IT ONLY INVOLVED THE PROPELLER AND SHEET METAL UNDER THE NOSE SECTION/ENGINE AREA ADJACENT TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

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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