20091111051659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Sandusky, OH · November 11, 2009

Date
November 11, 2009 · 10:00 local
Place
Sandusky, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N444AF
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model25 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.

Aircraft experienced a hard landing resulting in the NLG assembly coming apart and sending debris into the belly of the a/c between the left and right MLG skin. Pilot exited the runway causing the remainder of the NLG to collapse and induce a prop strike and sudden stoppage of the engine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN THE NLG ASSEMBLY COMING APART AND SENDING DEBRIS INTO THE BELLY OF THE A/C BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT MLG SKIN. PILOT EXITED THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE REMAINDER OF THE NLG TO COLLAPSE AND INDUCE A PROP STRIKE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.