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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 95B55 · Sarasota, FL · March 28, 1989

Date
March 28, 1989 · 08:45 local
Place
Sarasota, FL
Airport
Gator Creek
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3122W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA116
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total3,800 in this make and model40 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 collapsed as it hit a sunken spot on sod runway. Gear had been stressed by long use of rough field.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS IT HIT A SUNKEN SPOT ON SOD RUNWAY. GEAR HAD BEEN STRESSED BY LONG USE OF ROUGH FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.