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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Russellville, AL · September 5, 1997

Date: September 5, 1997 · 10:25 local
Place: Russellville, AL
Airport: Russellville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3653A
Reported as: Beech 95B55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,109 total88 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

N3653ARegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-1309 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on September 5, 1997, about 10:30 central daylight time, a Beech baron N3653A, registered to charles c. burns, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91, had a gear failure while attempting to land at russelville, AL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The air plane sustained minor damage. The commercial pilot was not injured. The flight had departed muscle shoals, AL at 1000 central daylight time. The pilot reported the landing was normal to the point of touch down. No FAA responsibilities involved. The aircraft had a mechanical problem which could not have been foreseen by the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1997, ABOUT 10:30 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BARON N3653A, REGISTERED TO CHARLES C. BURNS, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, HAD A GEAR FAILURE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT RUSSELVILLE, AL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIR PLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED MUSCLE SHOALS, AL AT 1000 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING WAS NORMAL TO THE POINT OF TOUCH DOWN. NO FAA RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN BY THE PILOT.