Beechcraft B-60 N6023S

Summary

On 9 December 1984 at about 21:07 local time, a Beechcraft B-60 registered N6023S was involved in an accident near Van Nuys, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 December 1984 at 21:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Van Nuys, California, United States

Nearest airport

Van Nuys (VNY)

Coordinates

34.1895, -118.4898

Aircraft

Beechcraft B-60

Registration

N6023S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carlsbad → Van Nuys

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA064

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.