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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Gaithersburg, MD · February 21, 2011

Date: February 21, 2011 · 19:15 local
Place: Gaithersburg, MD
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4513M
Reported as: Beech E-55
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total845 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N4513MRegistered now · Beech E-55S/N TE-1127 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBeech E-55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 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 was on runway 14 approach at montgomery county airpark (gai) when he noticed ice on his windscreen. He completed a go around manuever and tried to defrost windshield with his defroster. Pilot circled airfield and tried another approach. Windshield was still iced-up but pilot commited to landing . Pilot conducted a hard landing and the nose wheel collapsed, and aircraft came to a stop on the right side of the runway 14.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON RUNWAY 14 APPROACH AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI) WHEN HE NOTICED ICE ON HIS WINDSCREEN. HE COMPLETED A GO AROUND MANUEVER AND TRIED TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD WITH HIS DEFROSTER. PILOT CIRCLED AIRFIELD AND TRIED ANOTHER APPROACH. WINDSHIELD WAS STILL ICED-UP BUT PILOT COMMITED TO LANDING . PILOT CONDUCTED A HARD LANDING AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED, AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 14.