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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · La Crosse, WI · November 2, 1996

Date: November 2, 1996 · 13:24 local
Place: La Crosse, WI
Airport: La Crosse Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N690H
Reported as: Beech 95B55
Reported engine: Continental IO470R
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total60 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N690HRegistration cancelled Mar 4, 1997 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC531 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)

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: the pilot had a problem of getting the gear down. The pilot in flight talked to a mechanic on the ground for 45 minutes trying to solve the gear problem. The problem could not be corrected in flight. The pilot landed gear up on rwy 31 at La Crosse, WI with only minor damage. The gear box was locked up preventing the extension of landing gear, a further inspection will be done to determine the cause of the malfunction and will be reported on a m or d.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT HAD A PROBLEM OF GETTING THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT IN FLIGHT TALKED TO A MECHANIC ON THE GROUND FOR 45 MINUTES TRYING TO SOLVE THE GEAR PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT LANDED GEAR UP ON RWY 31 AT LA CROSSE, WI WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THE GEAR BOX WAS LOCKED UP PREVENTING THE EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR, A FURTHER INSPECTION WILL BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION AND WILL BE REPORTED ON A M OR D.