# Incident 20250912012689I: Beech A24R, Smyrna, TN, September 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2025, 12:58 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9710Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9710Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,603 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250912012689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED MBT AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30CST FOR MQY ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VMC CONDITIONS. PER PILOTS STATEMENT, AIRCRAFT HANDLED WELL ON THE GROUND IN MBT, AND THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED CORRECTLY UPON DEPARTURE. UPON APPROACH TO MQY, PILOT NOTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO DEPLOY.

AFTER MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN IN MQY, PILOT LOWERED NOSE, AND IMMEDIATELY NOTED A DRAGGING NOISE FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG DECELERATION. THE PILOT APPLIED AFT YOKE TO PULL THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE RUNWAY, AND HELD THAT CONTROL CONFIGURATION UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY TURNED SHARPLY AND EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.

UPON INSPECTION BY FAA INSPECTOR, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LINKAGE ROD BETWEEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SPINDLE AND THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING YOKE WAS BROKEN. THIS BROKEN COMPONENT ALLOWED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL TO DEPLOY PERPENDICULAR TO DIRECTION OF FLIGHT, AND RENDERED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THIS CAUSED THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UPON ROLLOUT.

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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