# Incident 20130604010369I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Lakeland, FL, June 4, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2013, 12:50 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90MS-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (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-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,265 total, 167 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130604010369I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS  ENROUTE FROM KSRQ TO KTPF AND SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND LOST COMMUNICATIONS. PILOT DIVERTED TO KLAL TO AVOID THE TAMPA AREA. DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR NORMALLY. PILOT ATTEMPED UNSUCCESSUFULLY TO MANUALLY CRANK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT LAL AND WAS GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT BY THE TOWER TO LAND. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR STILL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Other reports on N90MS (1)

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

- [Incident 19910417017019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910417017019I), Apr 17, 1991: Beech 95B55 (N90MS), Salina, KS. Right alternator failed en route. Landed safley. Power wire end connector had pulled off.

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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