# Incident 19870304049679I: Beech D55, Lynchburg, VA, March 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1987, 20:30 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73681, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73681-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,285 total, 324 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870304049679I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. ACTUATING ROD SHEARED DUE TO INSTALLATION OF OVERSIZE TIRES

## Other reports on N73681 (2)

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

- [Accident 19760712024629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760712024629A), Jul 12, 1976: Beech D55 (N73681), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19740712023549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740712023549A), Jul 12, 1974: Beech D55 (N73681), Bernalillo, NM, Substantial damage. Decided to go arnd after ldg. Opened throttle & retracted gr. Settled to rwy.

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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