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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B35 · Wahoo, NE · February 2, 2025

Date: February 2, 2025 · 15:30 local
Place: Wahoo, NE
Airport: Wahoo Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5017C
Reported as: Beech B35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 644 total

N5017CRegistered now · Beech B35S/N D-2279 · Built 1950 Airframe modelBeech B35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot slowed to gear speed and actuated the switch for gear down. He heard the gear come down and the indicator showed the gear had come down. Pilot went through the rest

Of the setup for landing, turned for final and made a normal landing. He had added a little throttle, felt the mains touch so at that point, pulled the power to idle. The nose wheel came down and touched so he reached for the trim wheel to setup for the touch and go takeoff and noticed the nose was still coming down. Before he could do anything the nose dropped and the prop stuck the pavement and the plane slid to a stop. Pilot then exited without incident or injury.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SLOWED TO GEAR SPEED AND ACTUATED THE SWITCH FOR GEAR DOWN. HE HEARD THE GEAR COME DOWN AND THE INDICATOR SHOWED THE GEAR HAD COME DOWN. PILOT WENT THROUGH THE REST

OF THE SETUP FOR LANDING, TURNED FOR FINAL AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING. HE HAD ADDED A LITTLE THROTTLE, FELT THE MAINS TOUCH SO AT THAT POINT, PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE. THE NOSE WHEEL CAME DOWN AND TOUCHED SO HE REACHED FOR THE TRIM WHEEL TO SETUP FOR THE TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF AND NOTICED THE NOSE WAS STILL COMING DOWN. BEFORE HE COULD DO ANYTHING THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE PROP STUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE PLANE SLID TO A STOP. PILOT THEN EXITED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY.