# Incident 20100716039109I: Beech 65, Detroit, MI, July 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2010, 21:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Coleman A. Young
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4124° N, 83.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLEMAN A YOUNG MUNI (DET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4124&lon=-83.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9546Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9546Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20100716039109I

## Narrative

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

UPON DEPARTURE FROM UNI THE PIC GOT AN UNSAFE NLG LIGHT; HE CHECKED FOR BULB OPERATION, OPS NORMAL. DURING CLIMB HE CYCLED THE GEAR; DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, NOR WAS THERE A GEAR UP & LOCKED FOR NLG DURING THE CYCLING PROCESS.  PIC CHECKED THE MIRROR TO SEE IF THE GEAR WAS UP & LOCKED; WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE. THE PIC NOTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWER THEN NORMAL BY 20K. PIC REQUESTED TO PERFORM A FLY BY WITH ENROUTE ATC; ENROUTE ATC PASSED INFO OFF TO ATC DET TOWER. UPON CLEARANCE WITH DET TOWER; PERFORMED A FLYBY WITH GEAR UP. DET TOWER INDICATED NLG WAS NOT UP AND LOCKED; DROOPING AFT. A SECOND FLYBY WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH GEAR IN THE "DOWN" POSITION; DID NOT APPEAR THAT THE NLG GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  PIC FLEW TO THE NORTH EAST TO BURN OFF FUEL AND GET CFR READY FOR ARRIVAL. UPON RETURN TO DET WITH CFR STANDING BY; PERFORMED LANDING, HOLDING NLG OFF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. UPON NOSE GEAR TOUCH DOWN, NLG DID NOT HOLD THE AIRCRAFT, NLG COLLAPSED, DAMAGING NLG DOORS, RADOME AND PROPELLER BLADE TIPS. UPON JACKING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, PULLED NLG FWD AND GOT IT TO LOCK IN PLACE.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. UPON VISUAL CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE NLG RETRACT/EXTEND ACTUATOR ROD END HAD SEPARATED FROM THE PISTON.  VIDEO NEWS CLIP AT THE FOLLOWING SITE: HTTP://WWW.CLICKONDETROIT.COM/VIDEO/24300888/INDEX.HTML

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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