# Incident 19780825038119I: Beech D50E, Houston, TX, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978, 16:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N270) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D50E (registry code 1152522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825038119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO LOCK NOSE GEAR DOWN DUE TO BROKEN CLEVIS ASSEMBLY. PN 50-81005.

## Other reports on N270 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19881129067709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881129067709I), Nov 29, 1988: Beech 50 (N270), Moriarty, NM, Substantial damage. Both engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. Landed on I40 with right gear not fully down causing it to collapse.

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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