20211015017179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E35 · Suffolk, VA · October 15, 2021

Date: October 15, 2021 · 14:50 local
Place: Suffolk, VA
Airport: Suffolk Executive
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3549B
Reported as: Beech E35
Reported engine: Continental E225-8
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot planned to land at ksfq for lunch. Pilot did not experience any abnormalities during flight. Pilot excuted a normal approach to land, selected the gear down switch and validated gear was indicating dowm and locked. Pilot executed a normal touch down on the main landing gear and lowered the nose normally, but experienced a nose landing gear collapse, subsequent propeller strike (bent prop), lower cowling and gear door rash. No other damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PLANNED TO LAND AT KSFQ FOR LUNCH. PILOT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ABNORMALITIES DURING FLIGHT. PILOT EXCUTED A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND, SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH AND VALIDATED GEAR WAS INDICATING DOWM AND LOCKED. PILOT EXECUTED A NORMAL TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LOWERED THE NOSE NORMALLY, BUT EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE, SUBSEQUENT PROPELLER STRIKE (BENT PROP), LOWER COWLING AND GEAR DOOR RASH. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.