# Incident 19961023042809I: Beech B24R, Franklin, PA, October 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Airport: Chess-Lamberton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3830° N, 79.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3830&lon=-79.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6570R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6570R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 424 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961023042809I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH INTERMITENT. BRACKET WORN. GEAR HORN INOP.

## Other reports on N6570R (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19981118042869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981118042869I), Nov 18, 1998: Beech B24R (N6570R), Franklin, PA, Minor damage. (-5)In a telephone interview, the pilot stated when on approach to landing, he was too high and too fast. He increased the aircraft's sink rate and hit the…
- [Incident 19891224063589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891224063589I), Dec 24, 1989: Beech B24R (N6570R), Akron, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Cause of nose gear failure was a malfunctioning nose gear switch.
- [Accident 19810927063659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927063659A), Sep 27, 1981: Beech B24R (N6570R), Winchester, OH, Substantial damage. Lost control landing on wet grass. Began go around, aborted, ran off end of runway through a fence into trees.

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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