# Incident 19991210035899I: Beech 95B55, Lafayette, GA, December 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Airport: Barwick Lafayette Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6880° N, 85.2905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARWICK LAFAYETTE (9A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6880&lon=-85.2905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208Q) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 325 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/19991210035899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED GEAR UP.  PILOT STATED THAT HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, HEARD THE GEAR MOTOR OPERATE, AND CHECKED THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE VERIFIED THE GEAR POSITION ON BASE AND SHORT FINAL AS HE ALWAYS DOES.  HOWEVER, THE GEAR WERE NOT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.  JAMES E. STANFIELD, A MEMBER OF THE RECOVERY CREW (SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT) INDICATED THAT ONCE THEY RAISED THE AIRCRAFT WITH AIRBAGS, THEY LOWERED THE GEAR WITH THE MANUAL EXTENSION CRANK, AND VISUALLY CHECK THAT THE GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.  WHEN MR. STANFIELD ENTERED THE COCKPIT, HE DID NOT THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT DID NOT CHECK THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.  SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONAL CHECKS BY LYNDON K. WILSON, LYNDON'S AIRCRAFT SERVICE (SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT) REVEALED THAT THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AND THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS ALSO FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.  ALL FINDINGS AND SUBSEQUENT TESTS SUPPORT THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION AT LANDING TOUCH DOWN AND THAT THE WARNING SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL.

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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