What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft departed cid, experienced an unsafe nose gear retraction indication, cycled gear several times with the same result, and landed at cid on runway 13. Upon nose wheel contacting the runway surface, the aircraft veered left, went off the runway, over a berm, and stopped on runway 9. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage in the left wing attachment area and minor damage to the nose landing gear and the right wing tip tank.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CID, EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION INDICATION, CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT, AND LANDED AT CID ON RUNWAY 13. UPON NOSE WHEEL CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, OVER A BERM, AND STOPPED ON RUNWAY 9. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE IN THE LEFT WING ATTACHMENT AREA AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK.
NTSB investigation
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Other reports on N252BK · 1
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