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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Brunswick, GA · February 22, 2026

Date
February 22, 2026 · 15:40 local
Place
Brunswick, GA
Airport
Brunswick Golden Isles Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N191JK
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,627 total

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.

During rollout after landing in Brunswick, GA at bqk on runway 25, the aircraft's nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft became disabled on the runway. FAA inspectors observed heavy prop strike damage to all three propellor tips. Additionally, inspectors noted nose landing gear and wheel damage, extensive sheet metal damage on the nose landing gear doors and surrounding aircraft belly area. Investigation revealed two bolts attaching the retract mechanism to the upper brace appear to have sheared and the retract mechanism became disconnected from the upper brace. Investigation could not detrmine if the sheared bolts were causal or the result of the gear collapse incident. This report may be amended upon receipt of further evidence obtained by this office during the repair of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING IN BRUNSWICK, GA AT BQK ON RUNWAY 25, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME DISABLED ON THE RUNWAY. FAA INSPECTORS OBSERVED HEAVY PROP STRIKE DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLOR TIPS. ADDITIONALLY, INSPECTORS NOTED NOSE LANDING GEAR AND WHEEL DAMAGE, EXTENSIVE SHEET METAL DAMAGE ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND SURROUNDING AIRCRAFT BELLY AREA. INVESTIGATION REVEALED TWO BOLTS ATTACHING THE RETRACT MECHANISM TO THE UPPER BRACE APPEAR TO HAVE SHEARED AND THE RETRACT MECHANISM BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE UPPER BRACE. INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DETRMINE IF THE SHEARED BOLTS WERE CAUSAL OR THE RESULT OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE INCIDENT. THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED UPON RECEIPT OF FURTHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED BY THIS OFFICE DURING THE REPAIR OF THE AIRCRAFT.