# Incident 20100921046739I: Beech K35, Wind Rock, AZ, September 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2010, 09:05 local time
- Place: Wind Rock, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3081C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3081C-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 35 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/20100921046739I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2010,APPROXIMATELY 0905LOCAL TIME, A BEECH K35, N3081C, LANDED AT WINDOW ROCK AIRPORT (RQE) ARIZONA AND MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY ENCOUNTERED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. IN A STATEMENT RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT DURING AN INITIAL PHONE CONVERSATION AND A SUBSEQUENT E-MAIL WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOTED STATED THAT HIS APPROACH INTO WINDOW ROCK (RQE) WAS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO INDICATED ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. UPON ENTERING A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 20, HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. BOTH PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER VERBALLY CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT WAS GREEN, AND THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR WAS ON THE 'DOWN AND LOCKED' POSITION. THE PILOT WENT THROUGH A GUMP (GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, AND PROPELLER) CHECK. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE BASIC TURNS TO FINAL AND HAD 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS IN FOR THE LANDING. HE TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEYOND THE NUMBERS ON RUNWAY 20. HE LANDED SOMEWHAT FAST AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD A SMALL BOUNCE BEFORE SETTLING. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT SINCE HE LANDED FAST HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL OUT AND APPLIED MINIMAL BREAKING. ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT APPROXIMATELY MID WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A BANG SOUND AND THEN THE GEAR WARNING ALARM STARTED BEEPING. SHORTLY AFTER, THE NOSE COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INITIATED GREATER BRAKE APPLICATION AND PROCEEDED TO PULL THE FUEL MIXTURE OUT CUTTING ALL FUEL TO THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED TO DRAG TO THE LEFT AND THE SKIDDING WAS PULLING IT IN A DIAGONAL VECTOR. THE RIGHT WING THEN CAME DOWN WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. THE TIP OF THE RIGHT WING TOUCHED MOMENTARILY ON THE GROUND. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AS THEY BOTH DISEMBARKED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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