# Incident 19970328009099I: Beech 95B55, Kingston, OK, March 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1997, 12:09 local time
- Place: Kingston, OK
- Airport: Lake Texoma State Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9910° N, 96.6428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lake Texoma State Park Airport (F31), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9910&lon=-96.6428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N143E-2014-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,124 total, 758 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970328009099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 28, 1997, N143E, A BEECHCRAFT 95-B55 AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS STRUCK RUNWAY ON LANDING AT KINGSTON, OK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AT DISTANCE OF 2390 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 36, WITH A REMAINING DISTANCE OF 768 FEET TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND AFTER A SHORT ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY, PITCHED UP AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED; IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY TO THE POINT THE PROPELLERS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND MANAGE TO CLIMB ENOUGH ALTITUDE NARROWLY MISSING THE POWER WIRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 70 ACROSS FROM THE AIRPORT, AND MADE A CIRCLE AND EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N143E (1)

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

- [Accident 20130119001169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130119001169A), Jan 19, 2013: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N143E), Mangum, OK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft was in a field in an upright position with three fatalities. There were no visible ground scars and wreckage was among small undamaged trees. Wreckage…

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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