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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbb MUSTANG2 · Tuscon, AZ · May 4, 1978

Date
May 4, 1978 · 09:55 local
Place
Tuscon, AZ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30JT
Reported as
Amtrbb MUSTANG2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total350 in this make and model0 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 landed with nose wheel retracted. Found one nose centering spring missing. Gear jammed after retraction

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED. FOUND ONE NOSE CENTERING SPRING MISSING. GEAR JAMMED AFTER RETRACTION