19830905065319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D95A · Las Vegas, NV · September 5, 1983

Date
September 5, 1983 · 20:15 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mccarran International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8950M
Reported as
Beech D95A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total200 in this make and model100 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.

Vibration on takeoff. Thump and pitch changes. Veered off runway landing. Gear strut had separated below bracing.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF. THUMP AND PITCH CHANGES. VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING. GEAR STRUT HAD SEPARATED BELOW BRACING.