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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Tucson, AZ · August 23, 2004

Date: August 23, 2004 · 19:50 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: I6ZS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8900H
Reported as: Beech 95C55
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 245 total13 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N8900HRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Beech 95-C55S/N TE-199 Airframe modelBeech 95-C55

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What happened

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

(-23) A Beechcraft B-55 operated by the international airline training academy was on takeoff roll at Ryan field, Tucson, Arizona; at approximately 65 knots a dark shadow (later identified as an 80LB chow dog) appeared striking the nose gear. Then the nose gear collapsed. Pilot immediately brought power to idle, instructor took control held the nose off the runway. Mixtures were placed in cutoff and the nose of the aircraft dropped down to the runway surface. Flight crew exited the aircraft. Damage to nose gear, propellers and engines. No additional causal factors at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A BEECHCRAFT B-55 OPERATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TRAINING ACADEMY WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT RYAN FIELD, TUCSON, ARIZONA; AT APPROXIMATELY 65 KNOTS A DARK SHADOW (LATER IDENTIFIED AS AN 80LB CHOW DOG) APPEARED STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR. THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT POWER TO IDLE, INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL HELD THE NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY. MIXTURES WERE PLACED IN CUTOFF AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED DOWN TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. FLIGHT CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROPELLERS AND ENGINES. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.