# Incident 19820502032189I: Beech 200BEECH, Thomasville, PA, May 2, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1982, 17:30 local time
- Place: Thomasville, PA
- Airport: York-Thomasville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9287° N, 76.8505° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thomasville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9287&lon=-76.8505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6542R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6542R-1989-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 4 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502032189I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI. ROLL PIN ON NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE CASTING WAS MISSING; GEAR COULD NOT LOCK DOWN.

## Other reports on N6542R (1)

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

- [Accident 19871024060409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871024060409A), Oct 24, 1987: Beech B24R (N6542R), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage, 3 fatal. Reported a door came open after takeoff. Made tight circle to land on another runway. Hit a tree and crashed.

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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