# Incident 19971204040519I: Beech 95B55, Fort Worth, TX, December 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1997, 11:25 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5651° N, 97.3084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH SPINKS (FWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5651&lon=-97.3084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N554K) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 65 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204040519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 4, 1997 AT 1125 LOCAL TIME, PHILIPPE CHANTREAU WAS INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF BEECH 55, AIRCRAFT, N554K, LANDING AT SPINKS AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED BEFORE LANDING, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL ABOARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N554K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930525023539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930525023539I), May 25, 1993: Beech 95B55 (N554K), Fort Worth, TX. Split flap condition on final approach. Landed safely. Left flap flex cable shaft disconnected at flap motor.

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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