# Incident 19970224001799I: Beech 95B55, Ormond Beach, FL, February 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9555Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9555Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 1,500 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/19970224001799I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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