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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42 · Phoenix, AZ · January 5, 2010

Date
January 5, 2010 · 10:49 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7621N
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42
Reported engine
Teledyne Cont Motor I0-470-L-23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,500 total2,200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot landed on runway 7R at kphx and during the roll out of the landing the nose gear retracted resulting in both propellers striking the ground. After the nose of the aircraft contacted the ground, the aircraft traveled on its nose for an additional 500 feet approximately. The aircraft came to rest on the left side of runway 7R in a nose down attitude with the left main landing gear partially retracted as well. The right main landing gear remained fully extended but according to maintenance crews that secured the aircraft before inspectors arrived the right gear down lock was not engaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 7R AT KPHX AND DURING THE ROLL OUT OF THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED RESULTING IN BOTH PROPELLERS STRIKING THE GROUND. AFTER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ON ITS NOSE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 500 FEET APPROXIMATELY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 7R IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED AS WELL. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED FULLY EXTENDED BUT ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE CREWS THAT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE INSPECTORS ARRIVED THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN LOCK WAS NOT ENGAGED.