# Incident 20100523005649I: Beech P35, Reading, PA, May 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2010, 18:15 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3785° N, 75.9652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (RDG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3785&lon=-75.9652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523005649I

## Narrative

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

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)

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

- [Incident 20170509004859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509004859I), May 9, 2017: Beech P35 (N35JG), Athens, GA, No damage. On 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.…

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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