# Incident 20010717022859I: Beech 95B55, Jacksonville, FL, July 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2001, 12:45 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Cecil Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2188° N, 81.8772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CECIL (VQQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2188&lon=-81.8772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50KF-2003-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,955 total, 204 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010717022859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2001, N50KF, A BE-55 AIRPLANE, PILOTED BY DAVID R. SIMEUR MADE AN INTENTIONAL GEAR-UP LANDING AT CECIL AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. MR. SIMEUR DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED DURING AN APPROACH TO LANDING AT JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. MR. SIMEUR AND MR. KEVIN L. REBROOK, A PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION, ELECTED TO CONDUCT A GEAR-UP LANDING AT CECIL AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND ALL THREE GEAR HAD FAILED. THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION HAD OCCURRED (BENT LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENSION TUBE) WHICH PREVENTED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FROM EXTENDING.

## Other reports on N50KF (1)

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

- [Accident 20011204031909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011204031909A), Dec 4, 2001: Beech T42A (N50KF), Johnson City, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed Virginia highlands airport, vji, to return the aircraft to Johnson City, TN 0A4, VFR. At 0A4 he made a low pass down runway 22 hitting a…

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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