# Accident 20070512020449A: Beech B99, Billings, MT, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 04:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N950AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N950AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-99 (registry code 1154004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512020449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, A BEECH 99, REGISTERED TO ALPINE AIR, DEPARTED BILLINGS LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BIL) IN BILLINGS, MONTANA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME ON MAY 19, 2007, ON A IMC FLIGHT PLAN. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT, OF THE PART 135 ON-DEMAND CARGO FLIGHT, AFTER TAKE-OFF, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, AND, AT ABOUT 12,000 FEET, HEARD A THUMP IN THE NOSE WHEELWELL. THE GEAR TRANSIT LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT FLEW BACK TO THE BILLINGS AIRPORT. THE PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO EXTEND THE GEAR. HE COULD NOT, SO HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT SUPPORT AREA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY. THE LONE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N950AA (3)

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

- [Incident 19970116005549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970116005549I), Jan 16, 1997: Beech 99 (N950AA), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 16, 1997, a Beech 99, owned and operated by alpine air of provo, Utah, had departed billings, Montana, and was operating at 9500 feet in…
- [Incident 19950728020299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728020299I), Jul 28, 1995: Beech B99 (N950AA), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on taxi to ramp. Downlock spring guide rod broken. Gear over center lock freed. Gear folded
- [Incident 19941115044869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941115044869I), Nov 15, 1994: Beech B99 (N950AA), Kalispell, MT, Substantial damage. Unable extend landing gear. Landed gear up. Teflon hydraulic line to nose gear ruptured.

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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