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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Santa Maria, CA · November 22, 2007

Date
November 22, 2007 · 10:23 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5493U
Reported as
Beech 95C55
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,149 total472 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft landed with the gear partially extended due to a late gear down selection on final approach. Witnesses observed this aircraft, the second aircraft in a formation flight of two, making the final appraoch with the gear up until short final approach.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED DUE TO A LATE GEAR DOWN SELECTION ON FINAL APPROACH. WITNESSES OBSERVED THIS AIRCRAFT, THE SECOND AIRCRAFT IN A FORMATION FLIGHT OF TWO, MAKING THE FINAL APPRAOCH WITH THE GEAR UP UNTIL SHORT FINAL APPROACH.