# Incident 20211015017179I: Beech E35, Suffolk, VA, October 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2021, 14:50 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Suffolk Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6829° N, 76.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUFFOLK EXEC (SFQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6829&lon=-76.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3549B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211015017179I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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