# Incident 20170729015489I: Beech A36, Memphis, TN, July 29, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2017, 12:50 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 53 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170729015489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AT GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT AT 1250 LOCAL TIME AND STRUCK THE GROUND MUCH HARDER THAN INTENDED. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY TO BREAK OFF AND DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN THE AREA NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT HIS NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSING. THE PILOT DECIDED FOR SAFETY REASONS TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND LAND WITH THE GEAR UP. THIS WAS DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS STILL BEING ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND HE DID NOT WANT IT TO DIG INTO THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING.

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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