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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Burbank, CA · February 15, 2005

Date: February 15, 2005 · 11:33 local
Place: Burbank, CA
Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: JIKA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N164HA
Reported as: Beech 99
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,900 total1,200 in this make and model

N164HARegistered now · Beech 99S/N U-60 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBeech 99 Engine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HPTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft experienced an unsafe nose gear indication on the ground at san louis obispo airport. The "three green" indication came back on and a mechanic verified that the gear was down and locked. The aircraft was then ferried to Burbank, when, in cruise, the unsafe nose gear indication came back on. Pilot called Burbank and talked to ops/maintenance with little help from either. He felt that because a mechanic verified that the gear was down, and because he was ferrying the airplane with the gear down everything was ok. On landing at Burbank the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION ON THE GROUND AT SAN LOUIS OBISPO AIRPORT. THE "THREE GREEN" INDICATION CAME BACK ON AND A MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FERRIED TO BURBANK, WHEN, IN CRUISE, THE UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION CAME BACK ON. PILOT CALLED BURBANK AND TALKED TO OPS/MAINTENANCE WITH LITTLE HELP FROM EITHER. HE FELT THAT BECAUSE A MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN, AND BECAUSE HE WAS FERRYING THE AIRPLANE WITH THE GEAR DOWN EVERYTHING WAS OK. ON LANDING AT BURBANK THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.