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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Salina, KS · September 9, 1997

Date: September 9, 1997 · 15:05 local
Place: Salina, KS
Airport: Salina Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93T
Reported as: Beech 95B55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N93TRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-1051 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental IO-470 seriesReciprocating

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: aircraft was on experimental flight test in local area at wichita, Kansas for spin recovery. During retraction of landing gear under high g loads, the left main would not retract. When the gear was then extended, it would not lock down. Aircraft diverted to Salina, Kansas where an emergency landing was performed with minor damage to left gear door, left flap and left aileron. Investigation revealed the left landing gear retract rod had failed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ON EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TEST IN LOCAL AREA AT WICHITA, KANSAS FOR SPIN RECOVERY. DURING RETRACTION OF LANDING GEAR UNDER HIGH G LOADS, THE LEFT MAIN WOULD NOT RETRACT. WHEN THE GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED, IT WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SALINA, KANSAS WHERE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT GEAR DOOR, LEFT FLAP AND LEFT AILERON. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR RETRACT ROD HAD FAILED.