44.9800° N, 93.2638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 26, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15DJ
Reported as
Beech A45
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
964 total330 in this make and model27 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.
Nose gear collapsed on landing. Pilot was unable to obtain a safe indication. Found a broken retract rod.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A SAFE INDICATION. FOUND A BROKEN RETRACT ROD.