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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Tuscola, IL · October 19, 1988

Date: October 19, 1988 · 15:15 local
Place: Tuscola, IL
Airport: Tuscola Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7CN
Reported as: Beech A45
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,900 total1,500 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N7CNRegistered now · Beech A45S/N 52-8272 · Built 1955 Airframe modelBeech A45 Engine modelContinental IO-550 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.

Unable to extend nose gear. Returned to Tuscola. Landed gear up. Nose gear shaft assembly up. Actuator was broken.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. RETURNED TO TUSCOLA. LANDED GEAR UP. NOSE GEAR SHAFT ASSEMBLY UP. ACTUATOR WAS BROKEN.