# Incident 19960521015309I: Beech 95C55, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1996, 18:19 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport: Myrtle Beach Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7959M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7959M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960521015309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED HEARING AN UNUSUAL NOISE WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK. NLG COLLAPSED ON LANDING. EXAMINATION REVEALED THE FITTING THAT ATTACHES THE DRAG BRACE TO THE RETRACT ROD WAS BROKEN. THIS WAS OLD STYLE DRAG BRACE WHERE ATTACH FITTING (FORK) WAS WELDED TO THE BRACE. ONE SIDE OF FORK APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR SOME TIME. M/D REPORT SUBMITTED. NO FURTHER ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY.

## Other reports on N7959M (1)

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

- [Accident 19760608015039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760608015039A), Jun 8, 1976: Beech 95C55 (N7959M), MI, Substantial damage

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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