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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Tuskegee, AL · June 12, 2013

Date: June 12, 2013 · 13:00 local
Place: Tuskegee, AL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2020K
Reported as: Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 35 total1 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N2020KRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-2167 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

On June 12, 2013, privacy data omitted the pilot of N2020K was flying a solo cross country flight to Tuskegee, Alabama (06A). During the landing the pilot pulled the prop levers to the feather position instead of the throttles. The pilot then lost control of the aircraft and made a hard landing on the nose gear breaking the wheel and fork assembly from the aircraft. This caused the nose landing gear to collapse allowing both props to contact the ground.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 12, 2013, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT OF N2020K WAS FLYING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA (06A). DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT PULLED THE PROP LEVERS TO THE FEATHER POSITION INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLES. THE PILOT THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR BREAKING THE WHEEL AND FORK ASSEMBLY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE ALLOWING BOTH PROPS TO CONTACT THE GROUND.