# Incident 20020808029299I: Beech 65A90, Grove City, PA, August 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Grove City, PA
- Airport: Grove City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1460° N, 80.1677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROVE CITY (29D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1460&lon=-80.1677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50JJ-2009-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020808029299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY AUGUST 8, 200, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM AFTER A NORMAL LANDING AND ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR ON N50JJ, A BE-65-A90 COLLAPSED; AND BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. INVESTIGATION BY THE ALLEGHENY FSDO REVEALED THAT THE UPPER DRAG LEG HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. TWO PINS HOLD THE UPPER DRAG LEG TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT INTERCOSTAL SUPPORTS AND SECURED BY TWO BOLTS. THE BOLTS DID NOT SECURE THE PINS. ONE PIN WAS MISSING, THE OTHER PARTIALLY OUT WITH ITS INTERCOSTAL RIPPED OUT FROM THE FLOORING AND RETRIEVED FROM THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N50JJ (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990911039739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990911039739I), Sep 11, 1999: Beech 65A90 (N50JJ), Cedartown, GA, Minor damage. Pilot did not extend landing gear prior to landing. Pilot stated that he did not hear a landing gear warning horn.
- [Incident 19910728038179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910728038179I), Jul 28, 1991: Beech 65A90 (N50JJ), Perris, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up. Aircraft was inbound after deployment of parachutists.
- [Incident 19910407016839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910407016839I), Apr 7, 1991: Beech 65A90 (N50JJ), California City, CA, Minor damage. Appears there was a mechanical failure on final approach. Type of failure not stated.

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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