# Incident 19960907033639I: Beech C50, Keystone Height, FL, September 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Keystone Height, FL
- Airport: Keystone Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7829° N, 82.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Keystone Heights, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7829&lon=-82.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3779B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C50
- Reported engine: LYC GO480B1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907033639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JAX INT'L AIRPORT ENROUTE TO KEYSTONE AIRPARK, FL. ENROUTE THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR FAILED, THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WENT DEAD. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR HAD TO BE EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM. AFTER GETTING A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. ON ROLL OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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