# Incident 20030801024209I: Beech 95C55, Orlando, FL, August 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911WR-2020-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,675 total, 1,966 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030801024209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 1, 2003, AT 1200 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECHCRAFT BARON 95-C55, N911WR, OPERATED BY JAMES W. CREWS, EXPERIENCED THE COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING, THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, THAT AFTER HE CHECKED THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR, HE RETURNED HIS CONCENTRATION TO THE APPROACH AND SUBSEQUENT LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER LANDING, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER LEFT AND NOSE GEARS. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET. THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT THEY HAD FLOWN WITH MR. CREWS ON THE SAME AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING PRIOR TO LANDING. A WITNESS ON THE GROUND NOTICED THAT THE INTERGEAR DOORS WERE HANGING DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE TRAILING SLIGHTLY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. THE WITNESS WAS NOT IN POSITION WHERE HE COULD ALERT THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N911WR (1)

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

- [Incident 19800802068359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802068359I), Aug 2, 1980: Beech 95C55 (N911WR), Wauchula, FL, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear before landing. Gear warning system breaker was pulled because of improper adjustment.

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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