# Accident 20101216052779A: Beech 95-C55, Ozark, AR, December 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2010, 18:45 local time
- Place: Ozark, AR
- Airport: Ozark - Franklin County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5106° N, 93.8392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5106&lon=-93.8392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N990W-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101216052779A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 16, 2010 AT 1845 PM LOCAL TIME, BEECHCRAFT 95-C55, N990W, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AT THE OZARK – FRANKLIN COUNTY AIRPORT (7M5) LOCATED IN OZARK, AR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT.  THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS PROPERLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1372 FT. AND POST ACCIDENT FIRE CONSUMED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VMC, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA113), Dec 17, 2010: Beech 95-C55 (N990W), Ozark, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

## Other reports on N990W (1)

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

- [Incident 20030924025449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924025449I), Sep 24, 2003: Beech 95C55 (N990W), Mountain Home, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On September 24, 2003, at approximately 13:20 hours local time, the pilot in command of N990W, a Beech BE-95-C55 terminated a landing with the gear in…

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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