# Incident 20220611010349I: Beech A35, Picayune, MS, June 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2022, 19:50 local time
- Place: Picayune, MS
- Airport: Picayune Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4875° N, 89.6512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICAYUNE MUNI (MJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4875&lon=-89.6512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300Q-2023-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,297 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220611010349I

## Narrative

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

PIC STATEMENT:

ON THE 11TH OF JULY I DEPARTED PICAYUNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT.  AFTER PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS I TOOK OFF RUNWAY 18.

THE FLIGHT PATH AFTER DEPARTURE WAS TO THE NORTHWEST INITIALLY, LEVELING OFF AT 4500 FT.  I MADE SOME DESCENDING TURNS AND CLIMBING TURNS.  MOST MANUVERING WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF PICAYUNE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF PICAYUNE VOR.  I HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF 6500 FOR THE HIGHEST POINT PERFROMING MANUVERS BETWEEN 4500 AND 6500.

WHEN I WAS DONE WITH THE FLIGHT I DESCENDED TO 1500 FT TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.  I CROSSED OVER MIDFIELD AT 1500 FT DESCENDING INTO A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 18, PERFROMING PRE-LANDING CHECKS.  ALL INDICATIONS AT THIS POINT WERE GOOD.  AS I ROUNDED BASE TO FINAL TURN I REALIZED I NEEDED TO ADD POWER, I ADDED THROTTLE AND NOTICED NOTHING HAPPENED.  U ENSURED MIXTURE WAS FULL RICH, THROTTLE WAS IN AND FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT WING TANK.  REALIZING I NEEDED TO ATTEMPT TO GET TO MAX GLIDE, I LOWERED THE NOSE A BIT, TRIED L/R MAGNETOS AND WOBBLE EMERGENCY FUEL PUMP AND TURNED OFF ALT AIR/CARB HEAT.  DESCENDING THRUOGH 100 FT I REALIZED THE ENGINE WAS NOT GOING TO PRODUCE POWET SO I SHUT FUELL OFF AND PULLED MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF IN CASE OF A FIRE.  I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE PICAYUNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HOWEVER THE ROUGH SURFACE AND TALL GRASS HAD CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  SIGNED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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