# Incident 20021228036679I: Beech 95B55, Harlingen, TX, December 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2002, 17:09 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999HT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999HT-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021228036679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N999HT, A BE-55 FLOWN BY HENRIHETTA TULLOCH, WIFE OF THE OWNER, TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 35R AT HARLINGEN, TEXAS, AIRPORT (HRL). ALTHOUGH THE PILOT HAD PLACED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN STORED AT THE ROCKPORT, TEXAS, AIRPORT FOR ALMOST A YEAR WHILE THE OWNER WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN DONE ON THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS IN STORAGE. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION. INSPECTORS FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE FOUND CORROSION ON THE GEAR LINKAGE.

## Other reports on N999HT (1)

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

- [Incident 20180510005069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180510005069I), May 10, 2018: Beech 95-B55 (N999HT), Easton, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft had taken off for maintenance flight at esn, after a current annual inspection had been performed. On landing, left main landing gear failed to…

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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