# NTSB ATL89IA026: Beech 58, N958MC, Georgetown, SC, November 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1988, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Georgetown, SC
- Coordinates: 33.359977, -79.289306 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3600&lon=-79.2893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7924
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89IA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7924/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89IA026

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - fractured
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N958MC-2010-05-07), registration cancelled 2010-05-07, S/N TH-552, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-552
- Airframe hours: 4948
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19881102070299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102070299I), Nov 2, 1988: Beech 58, Georgetown, SC, Minor damage. Porpoised on a hard landing. Nose gear collapsed. Found a broken nose gear bracket.

## Other investigations on N958MC (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL83FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA009), Oct 8, 1982: Beech 58 (N958MC), Allendale, SC, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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