30.3639° N, 103.6645° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Alpine, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 2, 1984 · 13:01 local
Place
Alpine, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N541K
Reported as
Beech 9555
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,520 total1,000 in this make and model20 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.
Taxied over a rough caliche after landing on a Private strip. Stress broke the nose gearr torque link.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIED OVER A ROUGH CALICHE AFTER LANDING ON A PRIVATE STRIP. STRESS BROKE THE NOSE GEARR TORQUE LINK.