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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Detroit, MI · January 22, 1999

Date: January 22, 1999 · 22:10 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Willow Run
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ECBA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N99MQ
Reported as: Beech D55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,390 total280 in this make and model193 in the last 90 days

N99MQRegistered now · Beech D55S/N TE-527 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBeech D55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)Pilot reported normal landing but after about 1500 foot roll nose gear collapsed and then the aircraft settled as the main gear folded also. My investigation of the aircraft noted the gear selector was in the down position and the mechanical nose gear indicator still showed down. Pilot reported electrical smell after aircraft camt to stop. No major structural damage. Damage limited to propellers, gear and doors, inboard trailing edge of flaps and fuselage damage around protrusions such as antennas. M & d to be supplied on gear system at repair.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT REPORTED NORMAL LANDING BUT AFTER ABOUT 1500 FOOT ROLL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AS THE MAIN GEAR FOLDED ALSO. MY INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE MECHANICAL NOSE GEAR INDICATOR STILL SHOWED DOWN. PILOT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL AFTER AIRCRAFT CAMT TO STOP. NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLERS, GEAR AND DOORS, INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF FLAPS AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE AROUND PROTRUSIONS SUCH AS ANTENNAS. M & D TO BE SUPPLIED ON GEAR SYSTEM AT REPAIR.