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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Mountain Home, AR · September 2, 1983

Date
September 2, 1983 · 20:30 local
Place
Mountain Home, AR
Airport
Baxter Co
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1588
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,245 total1,134 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right main gear jammed on retraction on gear maintenance test flight. Improper strut air pressure due leaking valve

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR JAMMED ON RETRACTION ON GEAR MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. IMPROPER STRUT AIR PRESSURE DUE LEAKING VALVE