# Incident 20220428006509I: Beech S35, Princeton, NJ, April 28, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2022, 16:41 local time
- Place: Princeton, NJ
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3991° N, 74.6590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON (39N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3991&lon=-74.6590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2015W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2015W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220428006509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH 39N AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. HE STATED THAT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS AND CONDUCTED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT WHILE FLYING THE DOWNWIND AND ALSO WHILE USING THE CHECKLIST. HE STATED HE DID NOT CHECK THE GEAR LIGHT AGAIN WHEN CROSSING OVER THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. HE STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN, ROLLED OUT ABOUT 100 FEET AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N2015W (5)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160206000689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160206000689I), Feb 6, 2016: Beech S35 (N2015W), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft made a normal landing on runway 9 at kcgc. During the landing rollout, the nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 20090919049519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090919049519I), Sep 19, 2009: Beech S35 (N2015W), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. Flight instructor (pilot-in-command) and "student," a private pilot building complex airplane time towards a commercial certificate, were utilizing runway 9 at…
- [Incident 20001031018799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001031018799I), Oct 31, 2000: Beech S35 (N2015W), Keystone Height, FL, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot was taxing along a closed towards the ramp area. Aircraft nose wheel fell onto a hidden pothole. Nose wheel collapsed causing minor damage to the…
- [Accident 19911114051879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911114051879A), Nov 14, 1991: Beech S35 (N2015W), St Petersburg, FL, 1 fatal. Elderly passenger lost his balance on wing walk while boarding and fell backwards striking his head on ramp.
- [Accident 19770712029279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770712029279A), Jul 12, 1977: Beech S35 (N2015W), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Left mags on while pulling prop through. Acft hit hanger.

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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