# Incident 20020131000809I: Beech T42A, Middlesboro, KY, January 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Middlesboro, KY
- Airport: Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6103° N, 83.7373° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLESBORO/BELL COUNTY (1A6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6103&lon=-83.7373&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206S) (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 T42A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 450 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020131000809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WIND GUSTED AND AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND STRUCK RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLERS WITH NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N206S (1)

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

- [Incident 20180508004979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180508004979I), May 8, 2018: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N206S), Terre Haute, IN, No damage. Conditions were VFR. The pilot received tower instructions to enter downwind runway 14. As pilot left turned to base, the right engine failed completely and…

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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