# Incident 20110531010629I: Beech M35, Chattanooga, TN, May 31, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2011, 09:33 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0456° N, 85.3097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chattanooga, TN, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0456&lon=-85.3097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9885R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9885R-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- 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: 4,300 total, 4 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/20110531010629I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31, 2011, THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO COMPLETE A FLIGHT REVIEW.  CFII ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KHDI AND PROCEEDED TO KMMI ENROUTE AND THEN TO KCHA FOR CONTROLLED AIRSPACE WORK.  THE PILOT REQUESTED A STOP AND GO LANDING. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY ON RUNWAY 20 AT CHA AND THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS OR WARNINGS OF ANY KIND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP, AND THE PILOT THEN STATED HE CLEANED UP THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE.  THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT JUST BEFORE ROTATION, THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  MECHANICAL FAILURE OR PILOT INDUCED ERROR COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Other reports on N9885R (1)

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

- [Incident 19950909035279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950909035279I), Sep 9, 1995: Beech M35 (N9885R), Bullhead City, AZ. Nose and right main collapsed after landing had landed due high cyl temp. Prop hit caused sudden engine stoppage.

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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