# Incident 20030315003759I: Beech 95, St Louis, MO, March 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2720Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2720Y-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Pilot flight hours: 557 total, 60 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315003759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT TO ALN AND SHOT TWO INSTRUMENT APPROACHES WITHOUT LANDING. WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE NOSE GEAR WAS OBSERVED IN A MIRROR TO BE HANGING OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL. PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER GEAR AND GET IT TO LOCK, INCLUDING EXTENDING THE GEAR MANUALLY. PILOT DIVERTED TO SUS WHERE EMERGENCY GEAR WAS AVAILABLE. ON ROLL-OUT, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE CONE, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND ONE PROPELLER.

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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