# Incident 19850915066839I: Beech 95C55, Robert Lee, TX, September 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1985, 19:00 local time
- Place: Robert Lee, TX
- Airport: Robert Lee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8818° N, 100.5400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Robert Lee Airport (54F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8818&lon=-100.5400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78CL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78CL-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915066839I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD BROKE AT THE END CONNECTION DURING TAKEOFF ROLL.

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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