# Incident 20220216000509I: Beech V35, Lancaster, SC, February 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2022, 14:34 local time
- Place: Lancaster, SC
- Airport: Mcwhirter Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62EM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62EM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220216000509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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