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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B35 · Lacon, IL · July 6, 2005

Date: July 6, 2005 · 12:20 local
Place: Lacon, IL
Airport: Marshall County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8821A
Reported as: Beech B35
Reported engine: Continental E185*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total300 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N8821ARegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Beech B35S/N D-2366 · Built 1950 Airframe modelBeech B35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted while landing at Marshall County Airport, Lacon IL the properly certificated and rated pilot and only occupant of the aircraft lowered the landing gear and the visual indicator in the cockpit did not appear to be correct. The PIC then recycled the gear and it appeared to be correct. Upon landing the PIC experienced a collapse of the nose landing gear on roll out. The aircraft came to rest in the grass off the left side of the runway. The pilot exited the aircraft without injury; the aircraft suffers minor damage to the nose gear doors and nose cowl area, and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WHILE LANDING AT MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT, LACON IL THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND RATED PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE VISUAL INDICATOR IN THE COCKPIT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE CORRECT. THE PIC THEN RECYCLED THE GEAR AND IT APPEARED TO BE CORRECT. UPON LANDING THE PIC EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ON ROLL OUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY; THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND NOSE COWL AREA, AND PROPELLER.