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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Spring, TX · February 13, 1996

Date: February 13, 1996 · 13:08 local
Place: Spring, TX
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N66710
Reported as: Beech C23
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,356 total62 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

N66710Registered now · Beech C23S/N M-2387 · Built 1983 Airframe modelBeech C23 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: investigation of nose gear failure revealed the following: nose landing gear departed the aircraft while performing a touch and go maneuver. This incident was caused by the nose landing gear housing pin 169-810000-663, ref. Item 16, figure 206 of ipb, cracking at the three attached points on the upper end of gear housing at the engine mount assembly. These attaching bolts secure the nose wheel steering collar to the engine mount fitting and extend through the fitting and into the nose landing gear housing. Two of these three bolt holes had been cracked previously. When the last bolt hole cracked out, the landing gear departed the aircraft. This area is not accessible during inspections. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the lower engine cowl, propeller, exhaust system and engine mount lower fitting. An m & d is attached.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION OF NOSE GEAR FAILURE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: NOSE LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER. THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HOUSING PIN 169-810000-663, REF. ITEM 16, FIGURE 206 OF IPB, CRACKING AT THE THREE ATTACHED POINTS ON THE UPPER END OF GEAR HOUSING AT THE ENGINE MOUNT ASSEMBLY. THESE ATTACHING BOLTS SECURE THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING COLLAR TO THE ENGINE MOUNT FITTING AND EXTEND THROUGH THE FITTING AND INTO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HOUSING. TWO OF THESE THREE BOLT HOLES HAD BEEN CRACKED PREVIOUSLY. WHEN THE LAST BOLT HOLE CRACKED OUT, THE LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THIS AREA IS NOT ACCESSIBLE DURING INSPECTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWL, PROPELLER, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND ENGINE MOUNT LOWER FITTING. AN M & D IS ATTACHED.

Other reports on N66710 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20181125017639ALanding: Touchdown · Porterville, CAAt the time of the accident, the pilot had been conducting a short personal flight to warm up the engine prior to having an annual inspection performed on the aircraft. In a phone conversation, the pilot stated that the winds were calm and visibility was…Nov 25, 2018 · Substantial damage Incident 19830827062639IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Bardstown, KYStudent over controlled rudder on the landing roll until losing control. Flight instructor correction was too late.Aug 27, 1983 · Minor damage