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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B95 · Norwood, MA · August 9, 2003

Date: August 9, 2003 · 18:04 local
Place: Norwood, MA
Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9984R
Reported as: Beech B95
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,650 total3,431 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N9984RRegistered now · Beech B95S/N TD-420 Airframe modelBeech B95 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Instrument checkride April 1, 2003 (lex). No active logbook. On approach to owd from lex. Pilot did not have 'gear down/locked' indication. Gear horn sounded continuously, and tower fly-by was performed for visual status of gear deployment. Tower could see gear, but could not confirm if they were fully 'down and locked'. Pilot did not attempt manually deploying gear by hand. Initial teardown reports from owd m/x facility reveal landing gear motor no longer functions properly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUMENT CHECKRIDE APRIL 1, 2003 (LEX). NO ACTIVE LOGBOOK. ON APPROACH TO OWD FROM LEX. PILOT DID NOT HAVE 'GEAR DOWN/LOCKED' INDICATION. GEAR HORN SOUNDED CONTINUOUSLY, AND TOWER FLY-BY WAS PERFORMED FOR VISUAL STATUS OF GEAR DEPLOYMENT. TOWER COULD SEE GEAR, BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM IF THEY WERE FULLY 'DOWN AND LOCKED'. PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT MANUALLY DEPLOYING GEAR BY HAND. INITIAL TEARDOWN REPORTS FROM OWD M/X FACILITY REVEAL LANDING GEAR MOTOR NO LONGER FUNCTIONS PROPERLY.