19961001035599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Bridgeport, CT · October 1, 1996

Date
October 1, 1996 · 17:16 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7896L
Reported as
Beech 95C55
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
577 total262 in this make and model10 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.

Narrative: pilot failed to extend landing gear prior to landing. Aircraft sustained belly skin damage and propeller strikes. Landing gear control lever was found to be in the gear retracted position upon post incident inspection. Pilot admits to not insuring that the gear was down & locked prior to landing. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED BELLY SKIN DAMAGE AND PROPELLER STRIKES. LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE GEAR RETRACTED POSITION UPON POST INCIDENT INSPECTION. PILOT ADMITS TO NOT INSURING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^