# Incident 20100425032319I: Beech A36, Ashville, NC, April 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2010, 13:20 local time
- Place: Ashville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3227G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3227G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100425032319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FSS AND NOTED GUSTY WINDS LISTED FOR AVL. LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 WAS ESTABLISHED AT AVL.  UPON FLAIRING THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST AS REPORTED BY ATC TO BE BETWEEN 20 TO 30 KTS AT 220 DEGS. THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON LEAVING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS TO A STOP. NO INJURIES WERE NOTED TO THE PERSONS ON BOARD.  MINOR DAMAGE INCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT COWL AND PROP AREA.

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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