# Incident 20110221002479I: Beech E-55, Gaithersburg, MD, February 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2011, 19:15 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4513M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4513M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 845 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110221002479I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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