20010217009619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Palestine, TX · February 17, 2001

Date
February 17, 2001 · 05:45 local
Place
Palestine, TX
Airport
Palestine Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N111QM
Reported as
Beech 95C55
People aboard
5
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.

(-23)N110QM was enroute from baton rouge la to beaumont TX with 1 flight crew member and two passengers on board when it experienced dual electrical system failure. The pilot diverted the flight to Palestine TX and was not able to communicate by radio. An attempt was made by the crew to manually extend the gear. The pilot had mechanical indication that the gear was fully extended and made a normal approach. The nose gear collapsed on landing and both props struck the asphalt runway approximately 50 times each. The aircraft sustained minimal damage limited to the nose gear and doors, radome, both propellers and engines. There were no injuries sustained.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)N110QM WAS ENROUTE FROM BATON ROUGE LA TO BEAUMONT TX WITH 1 FLIGHT CREW MEMBER AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD WHEN IT EXPERIENCED DUAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PILOT DIVERTED THE FLIGHT TO PALESTINE TX AND WAS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BY RADIO. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY THE CREW TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PILOT HAD MECHANICAL INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND MADE A NORMAL APPROACH. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AND BOTH PROPS STRUCK THE ASPHALT RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 50 TIMES EACH. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR AND DOORS, RADOME, BOTH PROPELLERS AND ENGINES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.