# Incident 19960414011219I: Beech D50, Marine City, MI, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Airport: Marine City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7214° N, 82.5963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARINE CITY (76G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7214&lon=-82.5963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4373D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,340 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414011219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT PERFORMED A SERIES OF TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS (ABOUT-9), AT THE MARINE CITY AIRPORT. THE PILOT INDICATED HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS ON THE EARLIER FLIGHTS. DURING THE TENTH LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 ALL INDICATION WERE NORMAL, WHILE TAXIING TO THE HANGER THE PILOT FELT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STARTING TO COLLAPSE. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED BOTH PROPS INTO FEATHER, THEN HE PULLED BOTH THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROLS TO FULL SHUT-OFF, AND TURNED THE MASTER SWITCH AND GENERATORS OFF. THE PLANE SLID TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON A BERM IN THE GRASS WITH THE RIGHT WING-TIP AND TAIL HANGING OVER ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE ONLY VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS THE LEFT OUTBOARD FLAP SKIN WRINKLE, AND LEFT ENGINE PROP TIPS BENT, AND LEFT MAIN DOOR BENT. FAILURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION SYSTEM IS SUSPECTED. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKET WAS SHEERED ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH ALLOWED THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT WHILE ON THE GROUND.

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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