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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech P35 · Reading, PA · May 23, 2010

Date: May 23, 2010 · 18:15 local
Place: Reading, PA
Airport: Reading
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N35JG
Reported as: Beech P35
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total60 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N35JGRegistered now · Beech P35S/N D-7181 · Built 1963 Airframe modelBeech P35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed R13 at rdg with no apparent problems. After liftoff the pilot selected gearup and heard a loud pop noise. The towere informed the pilot that the nose gear was not fully retracted. The pilot saw a gear up indication on the panel. He then selected gear down and got a down indication. The tower informed him that the nose gear was still not in the locked position. He tried to cycle the gear again and the same thing happened. He landed the aircraft and on roll out the nose gear retracted, hitting the propeller and nose of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED R13 AT RDG WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. AFTER LIFTOFF THE PILOT SELECTED GEARUP AND HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE. THE TOWERE INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT SAW A GEAR UP INDICATION ON THE PANEL. HE THEN SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND GOT A DOWN INDICATION. THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION. HE TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND ON ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, HITTING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N35JG · 1

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Incident 20170509004859ITakeoff: Climb Out · Athens, GAOn may 09, 2017 at approximately 1525 local time, a Beechcraft airplane model P35, call sign N35JG, s/n; D7181 departed ben Epps airport in Athens, Georgia. Upon reaching approximately 1300 feet in a left turn the engine RPM dropped from 2640 RPM to…May 9, 2017 · No damage