# Incident 19830719049099I: Beech 95B55, Long Beach, CA, July 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1983, 23:01 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DSAA
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88FC-1996-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830719049099I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. A BENT TORQUE TUBE PREVENTED GEAR FROM EXTENDING AND LOCKING DOWN.

## Other reports on N88FC (1)

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

- [Accident 19940819022449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819022449A), Aug 19, 1994: Beech 95B55 (N88FC), Page, AZ, Destroyed. Made three passes too high and fast to land. On third landed gear up. Failed to detect gear positon on three tries.

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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