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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Spring, TX · October 7, 2020

Date
October 7, 2020 · 16:00 local
Place
Spring, TX
Airport
David Wyane Hooks
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9354S
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
148 total15 in this make and model

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.

Pilot statement: on Wednesday October the 7th at approximately 4 pm I was cleared to land on runway 35R at kdwh by the tower. It was a normal descent, upon touch down the aircraft took two short hops before settling in on the ground roll. In the moment after ground roll began the nose gear folded under the aircraft. The aircraft, resting on the folded nose gear, skid to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATEMENT: ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER THE 7TH AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM I WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35R AT KDWH BY THE TOWER. IT WAS A NORMAL DESCENT, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TOOK TWO SHORT HOPS BEFORE SETTLING IN ON THE GROUND ROLL. IN THE MOMENT AFTER GROUND ROLL BEGAN THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT, RESTING ON THE FOLDED NOSE GEAR, SKID TO A STOP.