Beech C24R incident near Greenville, Mississippi, March 14, 2002
On March 14, 2002 at about 10:58 pm local time, a Beech C24R, registered N6753L, suffered minor damage in an incident near Greenville, Mississippi (Mid Delta Regional airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
An overload failure of the nose gear assembly for undetermined reasons.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 14, 2002 · about 10:58 pm local time
- Place
- Greenville, Mississippi · Mid Delta Regional · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech C24R · all C24Rs on the register
- Registration
- N6753L · registry record · serial MC-740
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane's nose wheel and nose gear housing fell onto the runway during takeoff. The pilot returned to the airport and executed an emergency gear-up landing on a foamed runway. Examination of the outboard nose gear housing flange revealed it was completely fractured approximately 300 degrees in the area where the nose gear yoke assembly connects to the housing. The left and right tow-limit stop bolts for the nose gear were bent. There was no record of previous damage or a known overstress event involving the nose gear assembly. Scanning electron microscope examination of the fractures revealed no evidence of fatigue. Laboratory-induced overstress of the component produced a fracture surface similar in morphology to the examined fractures.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 3,800 hours in all; 3,000 in this make and model; 12 in the last 90 days
- Last flight review: October 1, 2001
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,213 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, February 1, 2001
- Maximum gross weight: 2,750 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: GLH Greenville MS at 6:20 pm
- Destination: DHN Dothan AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 18R, 7,019 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 75°F (24°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.73 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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