# Incident 20041208032869I: Beech B35, Waterloo, IA, December 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2004
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Waterloo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 92.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERLOO RGNL (ALO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55GW-2009-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,546 total, 1,314 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041208032869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INDIVIDUAL WAS CONDUCTING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE WATERLOO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ALO). AS THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, HE STATED HE HEARD SOME UNUSUAL SOUNDS COMING FROM THE NOSE GEAR. HE STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD LOST THE NOSE WHEEL. HE HAD AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR POSITION ILLUMINATION. HE CONDUCTED SEVERAL FLY-BYS AND THE TOWER ADVISED THAT THE GEAR WAS THERE AND APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL FBO FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR. THE CAUSE IS A NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY COMPONENT FAILURE. THE EXTENT OF FAILURE OR CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED AS REPAIRS HAVE NOT YET STARTED. NO INJURIES OCCURRED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED

## Other reports on N55GW (1)

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

- [Accident 20070929023369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070929023369A), Sep 29, 2007: Beech B35 (N55GW), Waterloo, IA, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft departed waukesha, Wisconsin (ues) at approximately 1830 on September 29, 2007, enroute to Waterloo, Iowa (alo). Pilot received a VFR clearance…

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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