# Incident 20080617845339I: Beech 76, New Smyrna Bea, FL, June 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2008, 11:05 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Bea, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EPXS
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2013Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2013Z-2009-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080617845339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2008, AIRCRAFT N2013Z, A PIPER PA-76, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGES WHEN IT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER A SHORT FIELD LANDING.  BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR (PILOT) AND THE STUDENT REPORTED THREE GREENS, INDICATING THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.  AN EYE-WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT LAND ON IT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR, ROLL FORWARD ON ALL THREE GEARS WHEN SUDDENLY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR REVEALED A DEFECTIVE ACTUATOR.  A LOCK NUT SECURES A PISTON TO THE SHAFT.  THE PISTON CAME APART FROM THE SHAFT WHEN THE LOCK NUT BROKE OFF.  WHEN THE GEAR IS DOWN AND LOCKED THERE IS NO APPLIED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE.  WHEN THE LANDING GEAR IS RETRACTED, PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE PISTON RETRACTING THE GEAR.  STATIC PRESSURE IS MAINTAINED ON THE ACTUATOR PISTON, KEEPING THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  WITH A DEFECTIVE ACTUATOR, THE TENSION SPRINGS CAN MAINTAIN THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  HOWEVER, SUDDEN STOP OR BUMP, WILL CAUSE THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ACTUATOR BECAME DEFECTIVE BY HARD LANDINGS OR WORN INTERNALLY.  M OR D ISSUED.

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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