# Incident 19981024042349I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Columbia, MO, October 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98MB-2003-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,066 total, 145 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981024042349I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT, NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE HEARD A "POPPING" SOUND FROM THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY SETTLING ON ITS NOSE AND SKIDDING TO A STOP. PILOT STATED THAT ALL AIRCRAFT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL UP TO THAT POINT. MAINTENANCE TEAR DOWN REPORT OF NLG ACTUATOR SHOWED THAT IT FAILED INTERNALLY, CAUSING THE NLG TO COLLAPSE. THIS INCIDENT # CE99IGA0007 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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