# Incident 19801025058579I: Beech 95C55, Galena, IL, October 25, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Galena, IL
- Airport: Coursen
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4221° N, 90.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4221&lon=-90.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,745 total, 49 in this make and model, 262 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81IA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801025058579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BEFORE LANDING. FOUND CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED.

## 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 CHI81IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81IA003), Oct 25, 1980: Beech 95-C55 (N21RW), Galena, IL, incident, minor damage

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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