# Incident 19810524027539I: Beech 95B55, Portland, ME, May 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6332° N, 70.1853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6332&lon=-70.1853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9420Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9420Y) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524027539I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP ON GRASS. UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR WITH EMERGENCY SYSTEM. MECHANIC CRANKED GEAR DOWN WITH DIFFICULTY.

## Other reports on N9420Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20250629010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629010749A), Jun 29, 2025: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N9420Y), Eustis, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft departed X55 to the north and experienced a power loss on the right engine. Aircraft rolled/yawed to the right, impacting several trees as it went…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.