# Incident 19960518017249I: Beech T34A, Monterey, CA, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34BY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518017249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED- ON APPROACH, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR IN TRANSIT. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE HAND CRANK AND "G" FORCES TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR, ALL UNSUCCESSFUL. HE THEN LANDED AT MRY WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED. INSPECTORS STATEMENT- ON PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD END WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE AFT ATTACH POINT. REASON FOR THIS FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. M OR D TO FOLLOW WHEN CAUSE OF FAILURE IS DETERMINED BY THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT 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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