# Incident 19970909034819I: Beech 95B55, Salina, KS, September 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1997, 15:05 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7906° N, 97.6522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINA RGNL (SLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7906&lon=-97.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970909034819I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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