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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B90 · Minneapolis, MN · June 5, 1996

Date
June 5, 1996 · 01:50 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ABOA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41WC
Reported as
Beech B90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,950 total2,600 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight returning to fcm, did not have nose gear down light, diverted to msp & declared an emergency. Nose gear collapsed on roll out. Appears gear actuator failed internally. Damage to radome, nose gear doors and both props. Slight damage to nose gear strut. Unsafe gear indication result of failure of nose gear actuator.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT RETURNING TO FCM, DID NOT HAVE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT, DIVERTED TO MSP & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT. APPEARS GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED INTERNALLY. DAMAGE TO RADOME, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BOTH PROPS. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR STRUT. UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION RESULT OF FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.