# Incident 20091121022599I: Beech D50B, Amarillo, TX, November 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2009, 11:24 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Rick Husband Amarillo International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2194° N, 101.7059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL (AMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2194&lon=-101.7059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N385B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N385B) (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 D50B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,956 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091121022599I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 21, 2009, AT 11:24 CST, N385B, LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA) LOCATED AMARILLO, TEXAS, WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRACRAFT SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT CLAIMED HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR UPON LANDING.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLERS, THE FORWARD UNDERSIDE FUSELAGE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL AREAS.  THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N385B (1)

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

- [Incident 19911204060069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911204060069I), Dec 4, 1991: Beech D50B (N385B), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Landing gear failed on landing rollout. Found motor assembly pinion gear had malfunctioned.

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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