20220216000509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35 · Lancaster, SC · February 16, 2022

Date
February 16, 2022 · 14:34 local
Place
Lancaster, SC
Airport
Mcwhirter Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62EM
Reported as
Beech V35
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot states that he was lined up for final on runway 24 at Lancaster airport lkr. Situations were normal, air speed was good, left wheel touched down, then right, then the nose. Immediately upon touching down, aircraft veered to the left. Pilot thought that left wheel or nose wheel tire may have blown on landing. Cross wind was coming from the pilots left side of aircraft. The pilot feels that he pulled the nose up to prevent a prop strike, and ascended several feet above the runway, with cross wind pushing the aircraft to the right of center runway, landing hard on the nose gear, and nose gear collapsing. The aircraft came to a halt, resting on its nose 2048 ft. down the right side of the runway, with nose landing gear cylinder and tire being thrown 30 ft. to the right aircraft. Upon exiting, the pilot found that all three tires were still inflated.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS LINED UP FOR FINAL ON RUNWAY 24 AT LANCASTER AIRPORT LKR. SITUATIONS WERE NORMAL, AIR SPEED WAS GOOD, LEFT WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THEN RIGHT, THEN THE NOSE. IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHING DOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. PILOT THOUGHT THAT LEFT WHEEL OR NOSE WHEEL TIRE MAY HAVE BLOWN ON LANDING. CROSS WIND WAS COMING FROM THE PILOTS LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FEELS THAT HE PULLED THE NOSE UP TO PREVENT A PROP STRIKE, AND ASCENDED SEVERAL FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, WITH CROSS WIND PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER RUNWAY, LANDING HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR, AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT, RESTING ON ITS NOSE 2048 FT. DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR CYLINDER AND TIRE BEING THROWN 30 FT. TO THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT. UPON EXITING, THE PILOT FOUND THAT ALL THREE TIRES WERE STILL INFLATED.