# Incident 20060902018649I: Beech 95B55, El Cajon, CA, September 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2006, 20:59 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65WR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65WR) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902018649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 3, 2006, A BEECH MODEL BE-55 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKE HAVASUE, AZ. WHILE ENROUTE TO GILLISPIE FIELD (SEE) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR WITH THE MANUAL HAND CRANK. ALL GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LANDING THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF NOSE GEAR. BOTH PROPS ON BOTH ENGINES WERE BENT. ANNUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED ON 11/10/2005. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL EXTENDING ARM BROKE AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. AN M OR D REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

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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