# Incident 19971215042919I: Beech E90, San Antonio, TX, December 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1997, 00:55 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321DM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,040 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971215042919I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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