20190530016849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Wilson, NC · May 30, 2019

Date
May 30, 2019 · 20:20 local
Place
Wilson, NC
Airport
Wilson Industrial Air Center
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3128W
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
276 total161 in this make and model36 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.

While enroute from clinton-samson county airport to Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport, the aircraft radio displays began to flicker, followed by loss of the avionics displays. The pilot stated there were no associated warnings. When the landing gear were selected down for landing, the pilot position, however, he was unable to confirm because the gear indicator stated it sounded like the landing gear fully extended and locked into lights were not illuminated. Upon touchdown on the runway, the nose gear collapsed causing damage to the propeller blades, engine cowling, landing gear doors, and forward nose gear extension rod. Post-incident examination of the aircraft did not readily identify a cause for the electrical failure.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENROUTE FROM CLINTON-SAMSON COUNTY AIRPORT TO WILSON INDUSTRIAL AIR CENTER AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT RADIO DISPLAYS BEGAN TO FLICKER, FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF THE AVIONICS DISPLAYS. THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO ASSOCIATED WARNINGS. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WERE SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING, THE PILOT POSITION, HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM BECAUSE THE GEAR INDICATOR STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE LANDING GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED INTO LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADES, ENGINE COWLING, LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND FORWARD NOSE GEAR EXTENSION ROD. POST-INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT READILY IDENTIFY A CAUSE FOR THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.