# Incident 20231105017439I: Beech 35-B33, Palo Alto, CA, November 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2023, 11:31 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9756Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9756Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-B33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 207 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231105017439I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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