# Incident 19950407007429I: Beech 95B55, Osage Beach, MO, April 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1995, 18:26 local time
- Place: Osage Beach, MO
- Airport: Linn Creek-Grand Glaize Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1362° N, 92.6470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osage Beach, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1362&lon=-92.6470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5406U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5406U-1996-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,148 total, 550 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950407007429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT FROM JACKSON, MS, TO OSAGE BEECH, GRAND GLAIZE, MO. BEECHCRAFT N5406U, A BEECHCRAFT BE95-G55 BARON, PILOTED BY DR. SAM JOHNSON, ATP CERTIFICATE NUMBER 001409375, AND ONE PASSENGER, EXPERIENCED LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS WHEN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED INTO THE DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING AT LINN CREEK-GRAND GLAIZE (K15), MISSOURI. PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SOLENOID CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. THE PILOT TRIED TO RESET THE BREAKER BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED. PILOT ELECTED TO CRANK THE GEAR DOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POH LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. LANDING GEAR WAS CRANKED DOWN AND A LOW PASS WAS MADE AT LINN-CREEK WHERE GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR HAD DEPLOYED. POWER TO THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WAS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO THE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER SO PILOT DID NOT HAVE A VISUAL INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT K15. DURING THE ROLL OUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY HE FELT THE GEAR START TO FOLD. PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACTIVE AND CAM E TO REST 10' FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS, FUSELAGE DAMAGE TO SKIN FROM GEAR DOORS, TRAILING EDGES OF THE FLAP'S, AND THE PROPELLERS. ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR EXTEND/RETRACT RODS FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN BENT DURING THE LANDING, SO A RETRACTION TEST COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. LANDING GEAR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE RESET WITH BATTERY SWITCH ON AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR APPEARED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CRANKED THE HANDLE TILL IT BECAME HARD TO MOVE, BUT DID NOT COUNT THE NUMBER OF TURNS. POH STATES THAT THE CRANK SHOULD BE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 50 TURNS. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION COMPLETED MARCH 1995, ELT WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT FOR MAINTENANCE AND PROPER LOG BOOK ENTRY MAKE ON MARCH 1, 1995. PILOT STATED THAT ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OTHER THAN THE LANDING GEAR SOLENOID CIRCUIT BREAKER WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

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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