# Incident 20120304003529I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Cahokia, IL, March 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5704° N, 90.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (CPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5704&lon=-90.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18387, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18387) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,183 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120304003529I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, ALL GEAR INDICATONS WERE NORMAL.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT SAID HE HEARD  A FAINT NOISE INDICATING THE BEGINNING OF A POTENTIAL PROP STRIKE. HE THEN EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  HE CHECKED THE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS, AND THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY GREEN OR RED GEAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.  CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL SAID THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. DURING THE SECOND LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. SHORTLY BEFORE THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  MY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE BENT AT THE TIPS AND HAD SEVERE SCRAPE MARKS. I RETURNED TO CPS WITH INSPECTOR LOUIE BETTIS TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT AND SPEAK TO MECHANICS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS. NO POSITIVE INDICATIONS COULD BE FOUND AS TO WHY THIS AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N18387 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850630028509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850630028509A), Jun 30, 1985: Beech 95B55 (N18387), Thermal, CA, Substantial damage. After touchdown while easing nosewheel onto runway pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear.

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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