# Incident 20171105018289I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC, Long Beach, CA, November 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2017, 13:13 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577KB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N577KB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B36TC (registry code 7150008, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171105018289I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND AT ROTATION CLIMB OUT THE LOWER NOSE GEAR STRUT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT WAS ADVISED BY CONTROL TOWER AND DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD A PROBLEM AS THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT EXHIBIT OR INDICATE ANY DISCREPANCIES. PILOT ELECTED TO BURN OFF FUEL AND COMPOSE PLAN FOR LANDING AND FLEW AROUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT THE BENFIT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. PILOT LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR AND HELD OFF THE NOSE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BEFORE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION REVEALED THE UPPER NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK MISSING AND PRESUMED TO HAVE DISENTIGRATED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. NO REMENETS COULD BE FOUND. UPPER NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, NO OTHER DAMAGE DISCOVERED. IT APPEARS THE UPPER TORQUE LINK OR CENTER PIVOT BOLT FAILED OR WAS NOT REASSEMBLED CORRECTLY, HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE EITHER SCENARIO.

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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