# Incident 20030330011539I: Beech 95B55, Beaumont Port A, TX, March 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2003, 11:41 local time
- Place: Beaumont Port A, TX
- Airport: Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7651N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7651N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030330011539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING GEAR RETRACTION, AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS OBSERVED BY THE PILOT. SHE NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. SHE RESET THE BREAKER ONE TIME AND IT POPPED AGAIN. SHE THEN FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WHICH REQUIRED CRANKING THE GEAR HANDLE MANY TIMES. THE GEAR EXTENDED ONLY PARTIALLY. ATC NOTED ON HER FLYBY THE TOWER THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLERS AND BOTH ENGINES. TEARDOWN OF THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR REVEALED THE ARMATURE HAD FAILED AND WAS HEATED ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE ARMATURE IN PLACE. REPAIR OF THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR IS BEING INVESTIGATED.

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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