# Incident 20210224003939I: Beech A36, St. Petersburg, FL, February 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2021, 17:13 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8043B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8043B) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total, 130 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210224003939I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/24/2021, UPON N8043B, DEPARTING HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT (AXH), TX, THE PIC STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT IN HOUSTON (POLAR VORTEX) DAYS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE.  HE INDICATED, DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT HE WAS EXTRA CAREFUL INCLUDING CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURES. HE ADDED THAT UP UNTIL THEN HE HAD BEEN LANDING ON 30 PSI, BUT WHEN HE CHECKED THE POH IT INDICATED A RANGE OF 33 TO 40 PSI. SO HE FILLED THE TIRES TO 40 PSI. THE PIC STATED HE HAD A HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING, BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN FLAT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC THEN SAID HE ELECTED TO APPLY RIGHT BRAKES TO RUN INTO THE GRASS VS RUN OFF THE END INTO THE BAY. THE NOSE STRUT DUG INTO THE GRASS, TILTED THE PLANE FORWARD AND THE PROP STRUCK BRINGING IT TO A STOP. AN INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE, THE PROPELLER FROM THE PROP STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLINGS. THE PIC INCLUDED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT THE TIRES WERE CHECK AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THE TIRES WERE AT 42 PSI.

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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