# Incident 20180218000029I: Beech M35, Rutherfordton, NC, February 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2018, 14:26 local time
- Place: Rutherfordton, NC
- Airport: Rutherfordton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3640° N, 81.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutherfordton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3640&lon=-81.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62611, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62611-2019-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180218000029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED: HE VERIFIED THE LANDING WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  ON LANDING AFTER THE MAINS TOUCHED AND HE STARTED TO LET THE NOSE COME DOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N62611 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020127008849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020127008849I), Jan 27, 2002: Beech M35 (N62611), Lee'S Summit, MO, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot encountered strong, gusty winds and made a hard landing, causing the nose landing gear to collapse. There is minor damage to the nose bowl and nose…

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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