# Incident 20011014029029I: Beech 95B55, St Petersburg-C, FL, October 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2001, 21:10 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N255EM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N255EM) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,777 total, 15 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011014029029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 14, 2001 AT 2110 EDT, A BEECH 55, REGISTERED TO LYNN STEVEN, LANDED WITH AN UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN AT THE ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIE), CLEARWATER FLORIDA. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DUBLIN, GEORGIA AND WAS TO TERMINATE AT THE CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW). THE PILOT STATED THAT, ON HIS APPROACH TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW) HE ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT FLAPS DUE TO A CROSSWIND CONDITION AND MISTAKENLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT ONCE REALIZING HIS MISTAKE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR AND LANDING GEAR CONTROL LINKAGE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND REPORTED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOT THEN DIVERTED TO ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIE) WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. ON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.

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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