# Incident 20231016019489I: Beech V35B, Mena, AR, October 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2023, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Mena Intermountain Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5455° N, 94.2024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNI (MEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5455&lon=-94.2024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,468 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231016019489I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STUTTGART, AR (KSGT) EN ROUTE TO MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMEZ). AIRCRAFT MADE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 27 AT KMEZ. AFTER LANDING AND ROLLING AT TAXI SPEED TOWARDS INTERSECTION FOR TAXIWAY A2 NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE SURFACE AND NOSE OF AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE TO A STOP. AIRPORT MANAGER CONTACTED LITTLE ROCK FSDO TO REPORT INCIDENT. PIC CONTACTED ROC TO REPORT INCIDENT.

ASI TRAVELED TO SCENE, PERFORMED INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, NO ANOMALIES OBSERVED.

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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