40.7910° N, 77.8568° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1988 · 14:10 local
Place
State College, PA
Airport
University Park
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6663A
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A21
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total1,500 in this make and model120 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.
Left main gear collapsed on rollout. Torque tube from gear motor to the left gear retract transmission had broken.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. TORQUE TUBE FROM GEAR MOTOR TO THE LEFT GEAR RETRACT TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN.