# Incident 20100406032729I: Beech B24R, Muncie, IN, April 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2010, 11:25 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Delaware County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2425° N, 85.3958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL (MIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2425&lon=-85.3958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9199S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9199S-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 70 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100406032729I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT HAD NOSE GEAR BREAK OFF DURING LANDING.  STUDENT PILOT HAD RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM HIS CFI TO DO PATTERN WORK AT DELAWARE COUNTY - JOHNSON AIRPORT. PER ATC INSTRUCTIONS, STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AND ENTERED DOWNWIND. THE TOWER REQUESTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO EXTEND HIS DOWN WIND LEG, WHICH GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP AND COMPLETE HIS CHECKLIST FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 32. ATC REPORTED WINDS WERE 310 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS. STUDENT STATED THAT "ON TOUCH DOWN AFTER THE MAINS TOUCHED A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT" AT WHICH TIME THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE HELD THE "YOKE IN HIS CHEST". THE NOSE GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY AND BROKE AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 150 YARDS WHERE IT CAME TO REST NEAR THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY TURNOFF.  STUDENT CONTACTED ATC AND BEGAN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURE, STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N9199S (2)

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

- [Accident 20210513008909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210513008909A), May 13, 2021: Beech B24R (N9199S), New Lenox, IL, Substantial damage. When: 05/13/2021 16:18Z Where: New Lenox, IL, interstate I-355 southbound center median near the route 6 off ramp. A private pilot was operating a Beechcraft…
- [Incident 20100919048429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100919048429I), Sep 19, 2010: Beech B24R (N9199S), Minor damage. On April 6, 2010, this aircraft was involved in a landing incident, resulting in the nose gear being broken from the aircraft. It was returned to service after…

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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