# Incident 20050823025069I: Beech E55, Niagara Falls, NY, August 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32CD-2014-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050823025069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 23, 2005 AT 1000 EDT A BEECH BARON E-55, N32CD REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WHILE WARMING UP THE ENGINES, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 150, N2222J REGISTERED TO BRP AVIATION THAT WAS TIED DOWN AT NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. THE BARON SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER WHILE THE CESSNA ENGINE CASE AND MOUNT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER IN THE BARON WERE NOT INJURED AND THE CESSNA WAS UNOCCUPIED.

## Other reports on N32CD (1)

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

- [Incident 19950129000939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950129000939I), Jan 29, 1995: Beech E55 (N32CD), Crestview, FL, Substantial damage. Narrative: pilot had made several touch-and-go landing before forgetting to lower landing gear. Landed with gear up.

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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