# Incident 19960710023639I: Beech 35BEECH, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1996, 14:40 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3958N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3958N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 605 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960710023639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 10, 1996, AT ABOUT 1440 EDT, A BEECHCRAFT 35, N3958N, REGISTERED TO JOHN O'CONNELL, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHILE ON ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 13 AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT ON JULY 10, 1996. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ARM P/N 35-825172-2 BROKE, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

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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