# Accident 19800330007819A: Beech 95B55, Orlando, FL, March 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1980, 19:23 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9417Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9417Q-2023-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 858 total, 300 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800330007819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIGH SINK RATE BEGAN AFTER LEVEL-OFF FOR LANDING. AIRPLANE HIT RUNWAY & PORPOISED BEFORE STOPPING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA80DLD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD54), Mar 30, 1980: Beech 95-B55 (N9417Q), Orlando, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9417Q (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20201229020399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201229020399I), Dec 29, 2020: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N9417Q), Blountville, TN, Minor damage. Both left and right alternators stopped working while ascending to 8000'. Hand cranked gear more than 50 turns until it would not turn. Landed and gear…
- [Incident 19890629040519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890629040519I), Jun 29, 1989: Beech 95B55 (N9417Q), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. Pilot taxing on grass area to park. Sent person to check area. Left wheel dropped in hole. Propeller struck ground.
- [Incident 19890311018499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311018499I), Mar 11, 1989: Beech 95B55 (N9417Q), West Palm Beach, FL. After landing pilot noted smoke in cockpit. No fire. Found an electrical short in the instrument cluster.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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