# Incident 19970702016999I: Beech 95B55, Longview, TX, July 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: Gregg County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GM8S
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6663C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,686 total, 104 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97IA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970702016999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING GROUND TAXI OF THE CONCLUSION OF A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE STUDENT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOO TIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT . THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO STOP THE TURN AND HEARD A "POP". THE RUDDER PEDALS THEN FAILED TO RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PULLED TO THE PARKING SPOT. THE RUDDER BELLCRANK HAD FAILED AT THE CABLE ATTACH POINT WHEN BOTH PILOTS WERE APPLYING OPPOSITE LOADS ON THE RUDDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THE BELLCRANK. (-23) ON JULY 2, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 95-B55, N6663C, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING TAXI WHEN THE RUDDER SYSTEM FAILED AT GREGG COUNTY AIRPORT, NEAR LONGVIEW, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY ON LONGVIEW, TEXAS, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHICH HAD ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED TO THE INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) THAT WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE                 RAMP, HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND "THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR." POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE RUDDER SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE LEFT HAND PEDAL BELL CRANK WAS BROKEN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97IA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA248), Jul 2, 1997: Beech 95-B55 (N6663C), Longview, TX, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the rudder pedal bell crank from the right seat side due to an overload fracture.

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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