- Date
- September 8, 1980
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500ACBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800908048079A
- Case key
- 128554
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2799 80/9/8 BUFFALO,NY BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 4946 TIME - 2118 N500AC PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2320 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER BUFFALO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR TORQUE KNEE INPROPERLY INSTALLED.NOSE GEAR LINKAGE ROD,PN 36-820011-9,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500AC
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Buffalo
N500ACRegistration cancelled Mar 29, 2022 · Beech D55Airframe modelBeech D55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.