# Incident 20020101001119I: Beech 95B55, Cross City, FL, January 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Airport: Cross City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6355° N, 83.1047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CITY (CTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6355&lon=-83.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511FB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N511FB-2004-10-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020101001119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/01/02, @ 19:30, A BEECH 55, N511FB HAD THE NOSE LG COLLAPSE ON LANDING R/W 13 AT CROSS CITY AIRPORT, CROSS CITY, FL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM DUNNELLON, FL (X35) TO JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT, GULF SHORES, AL (JKA) WHEN THE PIC ENCOUNTERED AN ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DIVERSION TO CTY. DUE TO NO GREEN LG LIGHT INDICATION ON THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, HE PERFORMED A SECOND APPROACH WITH A GREEN INDICATION AND THE NOSE LG COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE LONE OCCUPANT, THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR FLUID SPILLAGE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO GREER, MICHAEL G. DATED MAY 16, 1996 ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRY RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED. MAINTENANCE HAS YET TO BE PERFORMED ON THIS AIRCRAFT PENGINE INSURANCE ACTION. THE ELECTRICAL POWER PROBLEM INVOLVED THE LOSS OF OUTPUT FROM BOTH ALTERNATORS LEAVING THE PIC WITH ONLY BATTERY POWER.

## Other reports on N511FB (1)

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

- [Incident 19870706039869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706039869I), Jul 6, 1987: Beech 95B55 (N511FB), Dalton, GA, Minor damage. During a practice short field approach the nose gear struck an approach light. Bent the retract rod.

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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