# NTSB MKC70F0120: Beech 95-C55, N8000Y, Lincoln, NE, August 11, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1969
- Place: Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Location: 40.8000° N, 96.6670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8000&lon=-96.6670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161247
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70F0120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70F0120

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3370  69/8/11    LINCOLN,NEBR        BEECH 95-C55        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 9025
        TIME - 1235                    N8000Y              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1345 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GRAND ISLAND,NEBR           LINCOLN,NEBR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- SHOP TOWEL DRAPED OVER R GR KNEE JOINT ASSY CAUSED DISTORTION OF ASSY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8000Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lincoln

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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