# Incident 19960630031689I: Beech D50A, Fentress, TX, June 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Fentress, TX
- Airport: Fentress Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7683° N, 97.7753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FENTRESS AIRPARK (XS90), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7683&lon=-97.7753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130DD-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D50A (registry code 1152516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,280 total, 600 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960630031689I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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