24.5746° N, 81.6866° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST NAS (BOCA CHICA FLD) (NQX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 2, 1998 · 16:58 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West Nas
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3083W
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Rt main gear rod seized causing the rod to bend and fail to extend. Pilot elected to land gear up.
As the FAA filed it
RT MAIN GEAR ROD SEIZED CAUSING THE ROD TO BEND AND FAIL TO EXTEND. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP.