# Incident 20020314003569I: Beech C24R, Greenville, MS, March 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2002, 17:15 local time
- Place: Greenville, MS
- Airport: Greenville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4828° N, 90.9856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4828&lon=-90.9856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6753L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6753L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02IA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020314003569I

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MARCH 14, 2002, AT 1858 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH C24R, N6753L, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT, EXPERIENCED A SEPARATION OF THE NOSE GEAR DURING TAKEOFF AT MID DELTA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MID DELTA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, ABOUT 1420. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT REPORTEDLY FELL ONTO THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR-UP LANDING ON A FOAMED RUNWAY. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE LEFT AND RIGHT TOW-LIMIT STOP BOLTS FOR THE NOSE GEAR WERE BENT, AND THE ROD END ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAR WAS BENT. (-23) THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT FELL ONTO RUNWAY AT TAKE-OFF FROM GLH. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT GLH ON FOAMED RUNWAY. NO INJURIES, MINOR D             AMAGE TO THE ACFT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02IA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA065), Mar 14, 2002: Beech C24R (N6753L), Greenville, MS, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An overload failure of the nose gear assembly for undetermined reasons.

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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