# Incident 20060115003579I: Beech M35, Birmingham, AL, January 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2006, 15:00 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 300 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060115003579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED: ON JAN. 15, 2006 I WAS THE PILOT OF N31JK ON A FLIGHT FROM DTS TO BHM. UPON LANDING AT BHM ON RUNWAY 36, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND INNER MAIN GEAR DOORS. I HAD LIGHT AND MANUAL INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AFTER THIS OFFICE EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THERE WAS ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N31JK (1)

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

- [Incident 20071002824039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071002824039I), Oct 2, 2007: Beech M35 (N31JK), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) It appears that alternator belt failed at 7.5 NM west of kryy (mccollum) (found broken belt in engine compartment). Experienced electrical failure of…

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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