# NTSB MIA82DA108: Beech 77, N37149, Jacksonville, FL, April 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1982, 16:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.32925, -81.579193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3292&lon=-81.5792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - disconnected (cause)
  - maintenance,100-hour inspection - delayed, company/operator management (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37149-1982-10-29), registration cancelled 1982-10-29, S/N WA-189, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1675
- Airframe hours: 1112
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820424013789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820424013789A), Apr 24, 1982: Beech 77, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed during landing. Parts were missing from nose wheel to torque link. Inspection 19 hours overdue

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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