# Incident 19971029042059I: Beech C23, Minneapolis, MN, October 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1997, 11:28 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6638B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6638B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 200 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971029042059I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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