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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95A55 · Waco, TX · October 31, 1985

Date: October 31, 1985 · 16:30 local
Place: Waco, TX
Airport: Waco Madison Cooper
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N469T
Reported as: Beech 95A55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,370 total4 in this make and model179 in the last 90 days

N469TRegistered now · Beech 95-55S/N TC-44 Airframe modelBeech 95-55 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Left main gear was locked in up position. Damage to propeller and wingtip. Extend mechanism failed.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS LOCKED IN UP POSITION. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND WINGTIP. EXTEND MECHANISM FAILED.