19971029042059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Minneapolis, MN · October 29, 1997

Date: October 29, 1997 · 11:28 local
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6638B
Reported as: Beech C23
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,318 total200 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

N6638BRegistered now · Beech C23S/N M-2217 Airframe modelBeech C23 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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: nose wheel assembly including oleo piston failed, departed aircraft shortly after touchdown. Aircraft completed landing on main gear and nose gear truss collar. Damage to propeller and slight damage to nose cowl. Note: second pilot was student beginning instrument rating training. PIC was right seat cfil giving dual instruction. Apparent cause of oleo piston failure was stress induced cracking. privacy data omitted Operator immediately grounded all similar aircraft and inspected gear assemblies, and is revising towing procedures.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING OLEO PISTON FAILED, DEPARTED AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT COMPLETED LANDING ON MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR TRUSS COLLAR. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND SLIGHT DAMAGE TO NOSE COWL. NOTE: SECOND PILOT WAS STUDENT BEGINNING INSTRUMENT RATING TRAINING. PIC WAS RIGHT SEAT CFIL GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION. APPARENT CAUSE OF OLEO PISTON FAILURE WAS STRESS INDUCED CRACKING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY GROUNDED ALL SIMILAR AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED GEAR ASSEMBLIES, AND IS REVISING TOWING PROCEDURES.