- Date
- November 2, 1988, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N958MCBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881102070299I
- Case key
- 7924
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that the nose gear collapsed after a 'normal' ldg. An FAA inspector who examined the rwy after the mishap reported that he found tire marks which indicated that the nose tire had contacted the rwy several times after the main tires touched down. Exam of the nose gear revealed that the aft drag-link bracket assy had failed; metallurgical exam of the fracture surfaces revealed features typical of an overstress break, with no evidence of preexisting cracking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N958MC
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-552
- Airframe hours
- 4,948
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ramp 66, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 49J · Hilton Head, SC
- Airport
- GGE · Georgetown County, runway 28, 4,800 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,953 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 11,150 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N958MC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.