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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Johnson, KS · May 24, 2005

Date
May 24, 2005 · 17:30 local
Place
Johnson, KS
Airport
Stanton County Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2074G
Reported as
Beech D35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total5 in this make and model6 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) The pilot stated that while landing in gusty crosswind conditions, the aircraft suddenly lost altitude over a wheat field north of the airport. The aircraft settled into the wheat, hit the north side of a road, and bounced on the runway where the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE OVER A WHEAT FIELD NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE WHEAT, HIT THE NORTH SIDE OF A ROAD, AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.