- Date
- December 9, 1984, 13:07 local (21:07 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6023SBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841209065859A
- Case key
- 24608
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Analysis
During landing roll out the plt observed the acft's nose gear begin to collapse. Although on approach the plt had placed the ldg gear selector in the down position & had observed the illumination of the green gear down lights, the plt responded to the situation of a collapsing nose gear by recycling the gear selector. This action energized the gear motor and the mains retracted. The acft veered off the rwy and overran a sign and two runway lights which collision substantially damaged the acft. Subsequent examination revealed that the nose gear retraction link lock washer tab had broken. The associated adjusting nut had backed off reducing tension to the nose gear down spring thus allowing the nose gear to collapse. Also, the main gear safety switch was out of adjustment such that the gear could be commanded to retract with more weight on the wheels than normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6023S
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-354
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Rouse And Son
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 31, 1984
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
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