# Incident 20080929854949I: Beech 23, New Smyrna Bea, FL, September 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2008, 18:20 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Bea, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2376Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2376Z-2009-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 389 total, 120 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080929854949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT NEW SYMRNA BEACH AIRPORT (EVB) AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT (N2376Z) WITH THE OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS THE PIC AND ACCOMPANIED BY 2 PASSENGERS, THE NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED.  THE STEERING ADAPTER AND COLLAR ASSEMBLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE TOP OF THE STRUT ITSELF.  THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THE MOUNTING BOLTS BREAKING FREE FROM THE NOSE STRUT HOUSING.  THERE WAS MISSING MATERIAL FROM THE AREA WHERE THE ADAPTER AND COLLAR MOUNTED TO THE NOSE STRUT HOUSING. THE NOSE TIRE AND STRUT ASSEMBLY FOLDED BACK BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE STRUT FOLDED REARWARD THE NOSE LOWERED ITSELF UNTO THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE GROUND AFFLICTING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE PROPELLER BLADES TIPS.  THE STEERING CABLES WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE CAP ASSEMBLY.  THE COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY (SHOCK ABSORBER) SHOWED SIGNS OF A CRACK AT THE BASE OF THE ASSEMBLY WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER WHEEL FORK ASSEMBLY.  THE CRACK VISUALLY DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS NEW.

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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