# Accident 19850915071709A: Beech E55, Danbury, CT, September 15, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1985, 18:11 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6429S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,441 total, 823 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915071709A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE INADVERTENT RETRACTION BY PILOT AS GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE TO GEAR NOT NOTED.

## 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 NYC85LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA236), Sep 15, 1985: Beech BE-55 (N6429S), Danbury, CT, substantial 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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