# Incident 19871116078499I: Beech 95A55, Wilmington, NC, November 16, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1987, 16:35 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5MP-2000-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 210 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871116078499I

## Narrative

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

APPLIED FULL POWER FOR TAKEOFF.LEFT PROPELLER SHED A PROPELLER BLADE COUNTER WEIGHT BALANCE WEIGHT.HIT NOSE SECTION

## Other reports on N5MP (1)

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

- [Incident 19990911035239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990911035239I), Sep 11, 1999: Beech 95A55 (N5MP), Stevensville, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Left brake locked on landing causing the aircraft to run off the runway. The left main landing gear folded back into the well crushing thin board gear…

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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