# Incident 20150917023609I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Temple, TX, September 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2015, 13:15 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Central Texas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1519° N, 97.4077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS RGNL (TPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1519&lon=-97.4077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46VK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46VK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917023609I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM BERGSTROM AIRPORT AUSTIN, TEXAS. AT LIFTOFF NOSE STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPERATED ITSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO NOSE STRUT SCISSOR LINK ATTACH BOLT MALFUNCTION (CAME LOOSE OR BROKE OFF).

PILOT DID NOT REALIZE NOSE GEAR HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL TOUCHDOWN AT TEMPLE AIRPORT TEMPLE, TEXAS WHEN AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDER BELLY NOSE AREA.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO POST CRASH FIRE.

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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