# Incident 20091120051929I: Beech V35B, Jacksonville, FL, November 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Herlong Airport (HEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1903L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1903L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091120051929I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 20, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EDT, A BEECH BE-V35B , REGISTRATION NUMBER N1903L, S/N D-9900, PILOTED BY RALPH J. THIEMAN WAS ENROUTE FROM CRG TO HEG  IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.  UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR YOKE COLLASPED, THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN FACING NORTH WITH THE NOSE GEAR APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

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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