# Accident 20011011030599A: Beech 95B55, Raleigh-Durham, NC, October 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2001, 20:30 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44RA) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,080 total, 230 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011011030599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDING AT RDU AIRPORT AFTER DARK AND TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST HARD, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES, POWER WAS ADDED TO SALVAGE LANDING. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO RAMP WHERE POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME (NOSE BUCKLED/BENT FORWARD OF WINDSHIELD), LEFT PROP TIPS BENT, SKIN DAMAGE UNDER BOTH WINGS AT ENGINES. (.4) ON OCTOBER 11, 2001, AT 2030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-55-T42A, N44RA, REGISTERED TO BELLEFONTE, INC., OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, BOUNCED THREE TIMES ON THE NOSEWHEEL DURING LANDING AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED CHARLOTTE-DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, AT 1930.ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE CONDUCTING   A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23R, "ON SHORT FINAL THE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE NOSEWHEEL HIT FIRST." HE STATED THAT "THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THREE BOUNC                        ES EACH WORSE THAN THE LAST." THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO COMPLETE THE LANDING AND TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE TIE-DOWN AREA. THE POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION NOR DID THE PILOT REPORT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS OF THE LEFT PROPELLER AND THE NOSE GEAR HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE LEFT ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT, THE FUSELAGE FORWARD OF THE CABIN DOOR SHOWED WRINKLING THAT EXTENDED FROM THE WINDSCREEN DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE FUSELAGE, AND THE NOSE WAS DISPLACED UPWARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA006), Oct 12, 2001: Beech BE-55-T42A (N44RA), Raleigh, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N44RA (1)

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

- [Incident 19850228024319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850228024319I), Feb 28, 1985: Beech 95B55 (N44RA), Fond Du Lac, WI, Minor damage. Passenger may have inadvertantly moved gear handle to up position with knee. Gear up landing.

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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