20141110020139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Barnstable, MA · November 10, 2014

Date: November 10, 2014 · 16:25 local
Place: Barnstable, MA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N672B
Reported as: Beech A35
Reported engine: Continental E185 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N672BRegistered now · Beech A35S/N D-1673 · Built 1948 Airframe modelBeech A35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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.

This airman was on a flight from falmouth airpark to nantucket. On departure PIC heard a pop under his seat when retracting the landing gear. On approach to nantucket he reported that when extending the landing gear the nose gear would not deploy.

PIC executed a go around and declared an emergency. He flew east of hya and a friend flying another aircraft joined up with him and confirmed visually the nose landing gear was not down.

PIC made a nose gear up landing at hya

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRMAN WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM FALMOUTH AIRPARK TO NANTUCKET. ON DEPARTURE PIC HEARD A POP UNDER HIS SEAT WHEN RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR. ON APPROACH TO NANTUCKET HE REPORTED THAT WHEN EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT DEPLOY.

PIC EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE FLEW EAST OF HYA AND A FRIEND FLYING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT JOINED UP WITH HIM AND CONFIRMED VISUALLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.

PIC MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING AT HYA