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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata MS894A · Grand Rapids, MI · May 29, 1990

Date
May 29, 1990 · 12:36 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent County International
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63BF
Reported as
Socata MS894A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total85 in this make and model40 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 strut and wheel fell off after takeoff. Landed with nose wheel missing. Searching for missing parts.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE STRUT AND WHEEL FELL OFF AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL MISSING. SEARCHING FOR MISSING PARTS.