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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata MS894A · Mt Pleasant, IA · August 8, 1981

Date
August 8, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Mt Pleasant, IA
Airport
Mt Pleasant
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N959W
Reported as
Socata MS894A
Reported engine
Franklin 6A350C1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total2,000 in this make and model31 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.

Za nose wheel fell off during takeoff when nose gear structure failed when a bolt hole broke out.

As the FAA filed it

ZA NOSE WHEEL FELL OFF DURING TAKEOFF WHEN NOSE GEAR STRUCTURE FAILED WHEN A BOLT HOLE BROKE OUT.