20231105017439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-B33 · Palo Alto, CA · November 5, 2023

Date
November 5, 2023 · 11:31 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9756Y
Reported as
Beech 35-B33
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
276 total207 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft privacy data omitted touched down on runway 13.

Aircraft privacy data omitted experienced severe nose wheel shimmy

The pilot pulls back on the yoke to get the nose gear off of the runway and stop the shimmy.

Pilot puts the nose back on the runway.

The pilot realizes the lower half of NLG departed from the aircraft with the wheel and tire attached.

The pilot lands using the upper portion of the lower section of the remaining upper strut of the aircraft.

This landing resulted in a prop strike with a sudden stoping of the engine.

No injuries to the 1 crew member (the pilot).

The aircraft was towed off of the rwy and parked.

The inspector will amend (this report) as new information is introduced and if appropriate to this investigation.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 13.

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY

THE PILOT PULLS BACK ON THE YOKE TO GET THE NOSE GEAR OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND STOP THE SHIMMY.

PILOT PUTS THE NOSE BACK ON THE RUNWAY.

THE PILOT REALIZES THE LOWER HALF OF NLG DEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE WHEEL AND TIRE ATTACHED.

THE PILOT LANDS USING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LOWER SECTION OF THE REMAINING UPPER STRUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THIS LANDING RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE WITH A SUDDEN STOPING OF THE ENGINE.

NO INJURIES TO THE 1 CREW MEMBER (THE PILOT).

THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF OF THE RWY AND PARKED.

THE INSPECTOR WILL AMEND (THIS REPORT) AS NEW INFORMATION IS INTRODUCED AND IF APPROPRIATE TO THIS INVESTIGATION.