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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337B · Olive Branch, MS · August 10, 1988

Date: August 10, 1988 · 12:30 local
Place: Olive Branch, MS
Airport: Olive Branch
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5460S
Reported as: Cessna 337B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,700 total1,200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5460SRegistered now · Cessna 337BS/N 337-0560 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 337B Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Gear pumped down to service nose strut. Owner started engine. Nose gear collapsed. Damage to gear doors and prop.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR PUMPED DOWN TO SERVICE NOSE STRUT. OWNER STARTED ENGINE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS AND PROP.