- Date
- April 24, 1982, 16:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37149Beech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820424013789A
- Case key
- 71171
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
As the nosewheel touched down during the landing roll, the instructor noted that the wheel was skidding. This was verified when he raised the nosewheel off the ground and the skidding stopped. As the plane decelerated and the nose inevitably dropped, the nosewheel began skidding again. As the plane slowed further to an estimated 10 to 15 knots, the nose veered right, and subsequently, the nose gear collapsed. An investigation revealed that the center bolt, nut, cotter pin, and bushing for the nosewheel torque link were missing and the nosewheel had cocked. The missing components had been installed when the plane was manufactured and had accumulated 1122 hours in service. The plane had been flown 119 hours since the last 100 hour inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37149
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1675
- Airframe hours
- 1,112
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hangar One
- Registered owner
- John Wiesner, Incorporated
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- CRG · Craig, runway 13, 4,000 × 100 ft, macadam
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,421 total · 225 in this make and model · 1,329 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.