19971215042919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E90 · San Antonio, TX · December 15, 1997

Date: December 15, 1997 · 00:55 local
Place: San Antonio, TX
Airport: San Antonio International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N321DM
Reported as: Beech E90
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,040 total200 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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: during gear extension for landing at sat, pilot heard bang and nose gear failed to extend. All efforts failed, pilot shut down engines prior to landing with nose gear up. Landing was uneventful. No fire, no property damage, minor damage to aircraft and propellers. Maintenance found the nose gear retract chain failed at master link. All inspections c/w. isolated failure. Incident closed. P/n 50-820201-2 nose gear aft retract chain. Isolated failure of nose gear retract chain. No recent maintenance action for chain. Phase I inspection of a/c performed 11/14/97. Chain inspected at that time. Hobbs read 2294.4, reads 2317.8 now.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING AT SAT, PILOT HEARD BANG AND NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. ALL EFFORTS FAILED, PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINES PRIOR TO LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR UP. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. NO FIRE, NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLERS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT CHAIN FAILED AT MASTER LINK. ALL INSPECTIONS C/W. ISOLATED FAILURE. INCIDENT CLOSED. P/N 50-820201-2 NOSE GEAR AFT RETRACT CHAIN. ISOLATED FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR RETRACT CHAIN. NO RECENT MAINTENANCE ACTION FOR CHAIN. PHASE I INSPECTION OF A/C PERFORMED 11/14/97. CHAIN INSPECTED AT THAT TIME. HOBBS READ 2294.4, READS 2317.8 NOW.