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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Reading, PA · January 21, 2011

Date: January 21, 2011 · 02:30 local
Place: Reading, PA
Airport: Reading
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: QDIJ
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3214H
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,800 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N3214HRegistration cancelled Jan 22, 2015 · Beech 58S/N TH-1731 · Built 1994 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot stated that he was doing the ILS to runway 13 at krdg. Weather was IFR with half a mile visibility in snow (and confirmed by krdg ASOS). The pilot stated that there was dry snow on the runway. The runway was plowed approximatey 50 feet wide with deeper snow to about 100 feet wide. Pilot stated that the approach (with 3 green lights)and landing was normal and the nose gear was operating normally on landing touch down. Immediately after touchdown the nosewheel collapsed because aircraft landed off center, which was obscured, in deeper snow. Aircraft remained on the runway and was towed off back to the hangar.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DOING THE ILS TO RUNWAY 13 AT KRDG. WEATHER WAS IFR WITH HALF A MILE VISIBILITY IN SNOW (AND CONFIRMED BY KRDG ASOS). THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS DRY SNOW ON THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY WAS PLOWED APPROXIMATEY 50 FEET WIDE WITH DEEPER SNOW TO ABOUT 100 FEET WIDE. PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH (WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS)AND LANDING WAS NORMAL AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS OPERATING NORMALLY ON LANDING TOUCH DOWN. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED BECAUSE AIRCRAFT LANDED OFF CENTER, WHICH WAS OBSCURED, IN DEEPER SNOW. AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED OFF BACK TO THE HANGAR.