# Incident 20091102022889I: Beech 95B55, Santa Rosa, CA, November 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2009, 11:02 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY (STS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25684, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25684-2011-07-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,840 total, 582 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091102022889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT, OWNER AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF AIRCRAFT, WAS FLYING FOR PRACTICE OF IFR APPROACHES AT SANTA ROSA (STS) AIRPORT.  PILOT WAS CLEARED BY STS TOWER FOR IFR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32.  PILOT INTERCEPTED RUNWAY 32 ILS AT ABOUT 12 MILES OUT AND PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW APPROACH PLATE AND ONBOARD AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST.  PILOT NOTIFIED STS TOWER HE WISHED TO BREAK OFF ILS TO RUNWAY 32 AND ACCOMPLISH VFR LANDING TO RUNWAY 14.  AT 4 MILES OUT PILOT INITIATED VFR APPROACH PROCEDURES WITH LEFT DOWN WIND TO RUNWAY 14.  PILOT FLY LEFT BASE TURNING BASE FOR SHORT FINAL FOR VFR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14.  UPON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALS THAT PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOW AND CHECKLIST WAS USED.  PILOT REPORTED HAVING VERIFIED THE SINGLE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED DURING BASE LEG AND FINAL.  INTERVIEW WITH STS TOWER CONTROLLER REVEALED HE SAW THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, AND PROTRUDING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  STS TOWER CONTROLLER CLEARED THE PLIOT FOR VFR LANDING.

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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