# Incident 20010803020059I: Beech 56TC, Santa Fe, NM, August 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5455U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5455U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 56TC (registry code 1152736, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-56tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 56TC
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541E1B4
- Pilot flight hours: 6,428 total, 2,065 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010803020059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN THE PILOT DEPARTED SANTA FE, NM HE RETRACTED THE GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD POP. THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS NOSE GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN. THE MAINS WERE UP AND LOCKED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO SANTA FE.  THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAINS AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE SETTLED TO THE GROUND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AFT END OF THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY BROKE (PN 35-825094-4). A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS SENT ELECTRONICALLY ON 08/03/01.

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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