# Incident 19990414019309I: Beech D95A, Bedford, MA, April 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1999, 08:50 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5856S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5856S-2025-10-06) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990414019309I

## Narrative

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

A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED BY JET AVIATION ON 4/15/99. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                                                 THIS PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM COMING DOWN FULLY AND LOCKING INTO POSITION.  THE PILOT/OWNER REMOVED A PANEL PREVIOUSLY AND  INADVERTANTLY A HAND-HELD MIC MUST HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N5856S (2)

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

- [Incident 20241112020289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241112020289I), Nov 12, 2024: Beech D95A (N5856S), Reading, PA, Minor damage. Pilot flew to rdg to conduct touch and go's. on last attempt the pilot attempted to extent the flaps but the flaps did not extent to the first setting. Pilot…
- [Incident 19910426031889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910426031889I), Apr 26, 1991: Beech D95A (N5856S), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Pilot made an unintentional gear up landing at Bedford.

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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