# Incident 19800830065879I: Beech D55, Trinidad, CO, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: Trinidad, CO
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1762° N, 104.4903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinidad, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1762&lon=-104.4903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2064C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2064C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,540 total, 400 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/19800830065879I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FAILED ON TAKEOFF FROM EXTREMELY ROUGH UNIMPROVED STRIP.

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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