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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Lanai City, HI · May 8, 2000

Date: May 8, 2000 · 14:45 local
Place: Lanai City, HI
Airport: Lanai Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2772T
Reported as: Beech 95B55
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,200 total175 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N2772TRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-1032 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23)Pilot states he was landing with a 10 kt quartering tail wind when he landed hard, bounced and landed on the nose gear. The nose tire blew out and the strut collapsed. Both the tire and the wheel disintegrated. The propeller on the left engine struck the runway causing damage to the tips fo both blades. No other damage to the aircraft and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT STATES HE WAS LANDING WITH A 10 KT QUARTERING TAIL WIND WHEN HE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE STRUT COLLAPSED. BOTH THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL DISINTEGRATED. THE PROPELLER ON THE LEFT ENGINE STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIPS FO BOTH BLADES. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.