19961005037569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Lebanon, NH · October 5, 1996

Date
October 5, 1996 · 11:12 local
Place
Lebanon, NH
Airport
Lebanon Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MASA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4ZV
Reported as
Beech 1900D
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,885 total1,821 in this make and model272 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: the pilot stated that upon taxi, the nose gear retracted. Company maintenance personnel found that the attachment pin for the drag brace had backed out which disconnected the drag brace from the fuselage. The company is performing a fleet inspection of all aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON TAXI, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT THE ATTACHMENT PIN FOR THE DRAG BRACE HAD BACKED OUT WHICH DISCONNECTED THE DRAG BRACE FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE COMPANY IS PERFORMING A FLEET INSPECTION OF ALL AIRCRAFT.