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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F35 · Alexandria, LA · April 1, 2010

Date
April 1, 2010 · 14:47 local
Place
Alexandria, LA
Airport
Alexandria International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3872B
Reported as
Beech F35
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,450 total3,000 in this make and model40 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 landed on runway 14. The nose gear folded up on touch down due to a nose gear retract assembly rodend failure causing damage to the nose gear doors, the lower forward section of the engine cowling, and the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 14. THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UP ON TOUCH DOWN DUE TO A NOSE GEAR RETRACT ASSEMBLY RODEND FAILURE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, THE LOWER FORWARD SECTION OF THE ENGINE COWLING, AND THE PROPELLER.