# Incident 20050919020759I: Beech 95B55, Pasco, WA, September 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2005, 14:34 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,860 total, 25 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050919020759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS RECEIVING MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ A CFI ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2005. THE MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE N353LA, A BE-55-T42A WAS OWNED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^. AFTER COMPLETING SOME AIR WORK FLIGHT INSTRUCTION THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ PROCEEDED BACK TO THE PASCO, WASHINGTON AIRPORT FOR SOME LANDING PRACTICE ON RUNWAY 21R. THE PILOT ON THE CONTROLS AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THEY HAD COMPLETED A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 21R, AND WERE PLANNING ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ RAISED THE FLAPS, OPENED THE COWL FLAPS, AND RESET THE TRIM WHILE ROLLING DOWN THE RUNWAY. FOR SOME REASON THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ THEN REACHED OVER AND MOMENTARILY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DAT^ SAID HE PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE STUDENTS HAND AND REPOSITIONED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD ALREADY STARTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT, AND MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N353LA (2)

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

- [Incident 20200829013919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829013919I), Aug 29, 2020: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N353LA), Bellingham, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft was landing RY16, nose gear appeared to collapse. Aircraft came to a stop approx 2,000 feet down the runway on centerline and personnel evacuated.
- [Incident 20150508005589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150508005589I), May 8, 2015: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N353LA), Mena, AR, Minor damage. On may 8, 2015, about 2130 central daylight time, a 1970 Beech baron 95-B55 airplane, N353LA, landed at Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (kmez), Mena,…

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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