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FAA incident report · Beech 95 · Tacoma, WA · March 19, 2003

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Date
March 19, 2003 · 17:45 local
Place
Tacoma, WA
Airport
Tacoma Naarrows Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2726Y
Reported as
Beech 95
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total
N2726YRegistered now · Beech 95S/N TD-76 · Built 1957Airframe modelBeech 95Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 19, 2003 at approximately 1700PST, N2726Y, a BE-95 aircraft experienced a nose gear collapse on landing into Tacoma narrows airport (tiw). While en-route to tiw from renton airport (rnt), the PIC experienced intermittent electrical failure and loss of radios. The purpose of the flight was to reposition the aircraft to accomplish maintenance on the right engine, which was running rough. The pilot was unable to get a green light confirmation that her gear was down and locked. She made three passes by the tower and was able to make radio contact on two occasions prior to total power loss. The tower advised her that her gear was not fully extended. She attempted to manually crank the gear down twice and felt confident that the gear was fully extended. The right engine was running rough. She reported having to constantly adjust the fuel mixture and decided to land the aircraft. Upon landing the nose gear collapsed, causing both props to strike the runway and scraping the lower fuselage forward of the nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700PST, N2726Y, A BE-95 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING INTO TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT (TIW). WHILE EN-ROUTE TO TIW FROM RENTON AIRPORT (RNT), THE PIC EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND LOSS OF RADIOS. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO ACCOMPLISH MAINTENANCE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, WHICH WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET A GREEN LIGHT CONFIRMATION THAT HER GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. SHE MADE THREE PASSES BY THE TOWER AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO TOTAL POWER LOSS. THE TOWER ADVISED HER THAT HER GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. SHE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY CRANK THE GEAR DOWN TWICE AND FELT CONFIDENT THAT THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. SHE REPORTED HAVING TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST THE FUEL MIXTURE AND DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING BOTH PROPS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND SCRAPING THE LOWER FUSELAGE FORWARD OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.