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MKC87LA006

1986-10-17 · HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HOT

N49D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH 58, built 1974), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT GEAR WENT DOWN NORMALLY, HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS NOT ON AND HE COULD SEE THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN BY LOOKING IN THE NACELLE MIRROR. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE WAS LOWERED AND AS IT TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION DID NOT INDICATE ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL OR HYDRAULIC PROBLEMS. A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS REQUESTED BUT THE UNIT WAS OVERHAULED INSTEAD. IT DID NOT INDICATE ANY SIGNS OF STRESS OR ABNORMAL WEAR. IT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE REASON FOR THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MKC87LA006.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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