# Incident 19971114046559I: Beech D95A, Winston Salem, NC, November 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1997, 11:17 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971114046559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 14, 1997, ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO INT, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND DID NOT RECEIVE A GEAR DOWN INDICATION. HE ABORTED THE APPROACH, SUBSEQUENTLY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY, AND PERFORMED ANOTHER INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO INIT TO A LANDING. DURING THE LANDING, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BENT PUSH-PULL ROD THAT CONNECTED THE ELECTRIC GEAR MOTOR TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE ROD WAS BENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PILOT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION AFTER LOWERING THE GEAR MANUALLY.

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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