# Incident 20050517013509I: Beech A36, Chicago/West Ch, IL, May 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 120 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050517013509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD FLOWN TO WHITESIDE AIRPORT TO CONDUCT IFR TRAINING WITH AN INSTRUCTOR THERE. HE HAD HER PRACTICING FLAP 15 DEG. LANDINGS. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, THE PILOT RETURNED TO DUPAGE. WHILE ATTEMPTING A FLAP 15 LANDING, THE PILOT LANDED VERY HARD, BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, AND LANDED NOSE DOWN, SHEARING THE NOSE GEAR FORK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SAFE STOP, WITH THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND PROPELLER BEING DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N80RC (1)

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

- [Incident 20050824022209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050824022209I), Aug 24, 2005: Beech A36 (N80RC), Dixon, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing landings at Dixon airport, Dixon, Illinois for a 44709 checkride. The third landing at the airport the pilot forgot to extend the…

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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