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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Fort Dodge, IA · July 6, 2000

Date: July 6, 2000 · 18:50 local
Place: Fort Dodge, IA
Airport: Fort Dodge Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1833W
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,056 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot departed storm lake airport (slb) en route to Fort Dodge regional airport (FOD). Upon retracting the landing gear the pilot reparted hearing a loud popping sound. Pilot made low pass over slg and was told that the landing gear appeared to be up and locked. Pilot elected to continue to destination. Pilot lowered landing in preparation for landing at FOD and landing gear indicator showed gear was down. As pilot landed and nose gear touched down, the nose gear collapsed. Failure of a bearing in the nose landing gear linkage resulted in a situation where the nose gear could not be extended to the down and locked position. The failure of the bearing was not due to and cannot be linked to either maintenance or operational errors.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED STORM LAKE AIRPORT (SLB) EN ROUTE TO FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT (FOD). UPON RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT REPARTED HEARING A LOUD POPPING SOUND. PILOT MADE LOW PASS OVER SLG AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE UP AND LOCKED. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION. PILOT LOWERED LANDING IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING AT FOD AND LANDING GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED GEAR WAS DOWN. AS PILOT LANDED AND NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FAILURE OF A BEARING IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE RESULTED IN A SITUATION WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE FAILURE OF THE BEARING WAS NOT DUE TO AND CANNOT BE LINKED TO EITHER MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONAL ERRORS.