20220909019739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech N35 · Holister, CA · September 9, 2022

Date
September 9, 2022 · 09:45 local
Place
Holister, CA
Airport
Holister Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1298Z
Reported as
Beech N35
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Down wind to rwy 32 landing gear was extended.

A loud pop occurred.

Pilot reports all indications looked normal.

Pilot then extended flaps, the air speed was stable at 100 mph

On touchdown with throttles retarded left pattern the following occurred.

The nose of the aircraft slowly lowered and touched down to the ground without a nose wheel.

The propeller made contact with the groung and the nose landing gear doors appears to have been ground down taking the brunt of the damage.

The main landing gear was extended and locked in the normal position.

No damage was noted to the fuselage structure or firewall.

As the FAA filed it

DOWN WIND TO RWY 32 LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED.

A LOUD POP OCCURRED.

PILOT REPORTS ALL INDICATIONS LOOKED NORMAL.

PILOT THEN EXTENDED FLAPS, THE AIR SPEED WAS STABLE AT 100 MPH

ON TOUCHDOWN WITH THROTTLES RETARDED LEFT PATTERN THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED.

THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY LOWERED AND TOUCHED DOWN TO THE GROUND WITHOUT A NOSE WHEEL.

THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUNG AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN GROUND DOWN TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE.

THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE NORMAL POSITION.

NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE OR FIREWALL.