# Incident 19960601018779I: Beech 95B55, Kissimmee, FL, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4778C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4778C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,273 total, 312 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601018779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS A NOSE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION AND INDICATION DEVELOPED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE HOME BASE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE EVENT OF A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. AFTER NUMEROUS INFLIGHT ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION, THE PILOT IN COMMAND EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING WITH A SUSPECT NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE ROD BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE ACTUATING ARM IN FLIGHT. THE RETAINING NUT AND COTTER PIN WAS MISSING WHICH ALLOWED THE LINKAGE ROD END BEARING TO DROP BELOW THE ATTACH BOLT AND ACTUATING ARM MECHANISM. THE RETAINING NUT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE UNDER THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE MECHANIC THAT PERFORMED THE LAST INSPECTION STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROPERLY INSPECTED AND WAS SABOTAGED. CASE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4778C (1)

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

- [Incident 19940921037259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940921037259I), Sep 21, 1994: Beech 95B55 (N4778C), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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