# Incident 19960327007539I: Beech 58TC, Jacksonville, FL, March 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1996, 14:10 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3843S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3843S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960327007539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: N3843S IS A BE-58 OPERATED BY FLORIDA GULF AIRLINES, INC. UNDER FAR PART 91 TO FERRY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND PARTS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND HAD UNSAFE NOSE INDICATED. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT JIA AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. INSPECTION REVEALED BROKEN NOSE GEAR ACTUATING RODEND. PILOT TECHNIQUE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LIMITING DAMAGE TO LOWER NOSE SECTION AND PROP TIPS. NO FURTHER ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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