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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Reno, NV · April 9, 2007

Date
April 9, 2007 · 17:30 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Stead Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29DD
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total150 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) During roll out on landing pilot experienced a strong gust of right crosswind and immediately the nose of the aircraft started a shimmy. Shortly the nose gear broke off due to unknown cause and the aircraft nose settled onto the runway. Both engine props sustained bending and the underneath side of the aircraft nose was scraped on the pavement.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING ROLL OUT ON LANDING PILOT EXPERIENCED A STRONG GUST OF RIGHT CROSSWIND AND IMMEDIATELY THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A SHIMMY. SHORTLY THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. BOTH ENGINE PROPS SUSTAINED BENDING AND THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS SCRAPED ON THE PAVEMENT.