# Incident 20100309029669I: Beech 58, Chignik Lake, AK, March 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chignik Lake, AK
- Airport: Chignik Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K1IC
- Location: 56.2555° N, 158.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIGNIK LAKE (A79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.2555&lon=-158.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31BW-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100309029669I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT: "LOADED AIRCRAFT, AND STARTED ENGINES.  CHECKING SYSTEMS...SYSTEMS NORMAL.  TAXIED TO RUNWAY AND PROCEDED TO DEPART. EVERYTHING NORMAL UNTIL PRIOR TO REDLINE, THE NOSE DROPPED AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SCRAPPING HALT.  ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM THE TWO PASSENGERS (ALASKA STATE TROOPERS):  ONCE THE MASTER SWITCH WAS SWITCHED "ON" THERE WAS A "BUZZING OR ALARM" SOUND.  THE PILOT MADE A COMMENT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY SNOW IN THE STALL WARNING HORN.  THE SOUND CONTINUED DURING TAXI AND TAKEOFF, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INDICATES AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS "SUSBSTANTIAL" AND WILL BE RECLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N31BW (2)

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

- [Incident 19860725051069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860725051069I), Jul 25, 1986: Beech 58 (N31BW), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Props struck runway on rollout, pilot applied power, extended gear and made safe landing.
- [Accident 19790220003339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220003339A), Feb 20, 1979: Beech 58 (N31BW), Augusta, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck ice chunks on landing. Airport operaator failed to advise of unsafe conditions.

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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