# Accident 19960804025859A: Beech E55, Brownwood, TX, August 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Airport: Brownwood Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7202° N, 98.9698° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7202&lon=-98.9698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N142P-2019-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,028 total, 180 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804025859A

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. MISMANAGED GEAR USED FLAP SWITCH SECOND TIME BELEIVING GEAR SWITCH. (-23) ON 08-04-96, AT 10:30 AM CDT, A BEECH E-55, N142P, OWNED BY S.B. LOCKER, JR., ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                    , LANDED AT BROWNWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE, MULTIENGINE LAND WITH INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DEL RIO, TEXAS, ON 08/04/96AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM.

## 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 FTW96LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA336), Aug 4, 1996: Beech E-55 (N142P), Brownwood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. Factors were the pilot's failure to use a checklist, his diverted attention, and the landing gear warning horn not sounding.

## Other reports on N142P (1)

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

- [Incident 19840120001019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840120001019I), Jan 20, 1984: Beech E55 (N142P), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Damaged nose gear on rolling over arresting gear on the runway. Went around. Nose gear collapsed on landing.

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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