# Incident 19970905032279I: Beech 95B55, Russellville, AL, September 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1997, 10:25 local time
- Place: Russellville, AL
- Airport: Russellville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5057° N, 87.7281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Russellville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5057&lon=-87.7281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3653A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3653A) (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: 13,109 total, 88 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970905032279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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