# Incident 20040823018659I: Beech 95C55, Tucson, AZ, August 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2004, 19:50 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I6ZS
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8900H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8900H-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 13 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040823018659I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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