OpenAirDocs.org

19960630031689I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Beech D50A · Fentress, TX · June 30, 1996

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
June 30, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place
Fentress, TX
Airport
Fentress Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N130DD
Reported as
Beech D50A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,280 total600 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days
N130DDRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Beech D50AS/N DH-177 · Built 1958Airframe modelBeech D50AEngine modelLycoming GO-480 seriesReciprocating

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: on June 30, 1996, N130DD, a Beech model D50A, registered to sky dive san marcos, experienced an unsafe gear down indication while on approach to landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plan was filed for the parachute jump flight. The pilot observed that the nose gear was not down and locked. The landing was performed with minor damage to the aircraft. There was no fire, no injuries or property damage. This office considers this incident closed. The nose landing gear actuator clevis broke.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 30, 1996, N130DD, A BEECH MODEL D50A, REGISTERED TO SKY DIVE SAN MARCOS, EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PARACHUTE JUMP FLIGHT. THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CLEVIS BROKE.