20140318003109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech P35 · Wichita Falls, TX · March 18, 2014

Date
March 18, 2014 · 10:20 local
Place
Wichita Falls, TX
Airport
Kickapoo Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9532Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA165
Reported as
Beech P35
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,812 total2,000 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On March 18, 2014, at 1020 local, a Beech BE-35-P35 aircraft bearing registration number N9532Y, registered to the pilot, lost power on short approach and executed an emergency landing at approximately one mile northeast of Kickapoo Airport, Wichita Falls, Texas. The nose landing gear collapsed and both wing leading edges sustained significant damage. The aircraft was being operated on a VFR flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the pilot sustained minor injuries and the co-pilot was uninjured. The flight originated from Kickapoo Airport, Wichita Falls, Texas on March 18, 2014.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 18, 2014, AT 1020 LOCAL, A BEECH BE-35-P35 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9532Y, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, LOST POWER ON SHORT APPROACH AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF KICKAPOO AIRPORT, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH WING LEADING EDGES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE CO-PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KICKAPOO AIRPORT, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS ON MARCH 18, 2014.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.