# Incident 19961001035599I: Beech 95C55, Bridgeport, CT, October 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1996, 17:16 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7896L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7896L-2021-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 577 total, 262 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961001035599I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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