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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · South Bend, MI · July 10, 1979

Date
July 10, 1979 · 19:38 local
Place
South Bend, MI
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N408
Reported as
Beech 99
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,900 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.

Tire tread separated and became jammed between wheel and strut locking wheels. Gear scissor broke.

As the FAA filed it

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND BECAME JAMMED BETWEEN WHEEL AND STRUT LOCKING WHEELS. GEAR SCISSOR BROKE.