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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 300BEECH · Houston, TX · May 17, 1995

Date
May 17, 1995 · 15:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston-Hull Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79TE
Reported as
Beech 300BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,600 total2,600 in this make and model70 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.

Unsafe gear light on test flight. During taxi left main collapsed. Nose gear also in tow. Improper rigging.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT ON TEST FLIGHT. DURING TAXI LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.NOSE GEAR ALSO IN TOW. IMPROPER RIGGING.