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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Ormond Beach, FL · February 24, 1997

Date: February 24, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place: Ormond Beach, FL
Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9555Y
Reported as: Beech 95B55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 32,000 total1,500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N9555YRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-1577 · Built 1973 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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: aircraft landed runway 17 with prevailing crosswind of 9 KTS at 120 degrees at touchdown the nose landing gear collapsed and right MLG folded inward. Acft had minor damage and PIC was not injured. A visual inspection of landing gear system was accomplished to determine possible mechanical failure. The findings are as follows: the nose landing gear extend brace elbow was found broken at weld. No cracks or corrosion were evident inside or near broken weld. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 17 WITH PREVAILING CROSSWIND OF 9 KTS AT 120 DEGREES AT TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND RIGHT MLG FOLDED INWARD. ACFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND PIC WAS NOT INJURED. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTEND BRACE ELBOW WAS FOUND BROKEN AT WELD. NO CRACKS OR CORROSION WERE EVIDENT INSIDE OR NEAR BROKEN WELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^