# Incident 20131228024759I: Beech 95-A55, Anoka, MN, December 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2013, 16:25 local time
- Place: Anoka, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2144° N, 93.3916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anoka, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2144&lon=-93.3916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1545Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1545Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-A55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131228024759I

## Narrative

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

DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT AND CLEARED FOR A STRAIGHT IN TO RUNWAY 27.  THE PILOT USES A 'CHECKMATE' BRAND CHECKLIST AND STATED HE ALSO PERFORMS A "GUMP" CHECK ABOUT 1.5 MILES OUT.

THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND TOOK HIS HAND OFF THE LEVER ONCE HE SAW THE GREEN LIGHT.  HE DOESN'T REMEMBER HEARING ANY INTERMITTENT GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN OR SEEING A RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT.  HE WAS WEARING A BOSE NOISE CANCELLING HEADSET AT THE TIME, BUT STATED THAT HE'S HEARD THE GEAR HORN THROUGH THE HEADSET BEFORE DURING POWER REDUCTIONS.

HE STATED THAT HE "ALWAYS" CHECKS THE GEAR DOWN ON SHORT FINAL AND TO THE BEST OF HIS MEMORY, BELIEVES HE HAD A GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATION.

DURING THE FLARE, HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING ANY GEAR WARNING HORN AND DOESN'T REMEMBER IF THE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED OR NOT.

THE PILOT FLARED THE AIRCRAFT AND FELT A LITTLE "SHIMMY" DURING TOUCHDOWN.  HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT LAND ON ITS WHEELS, THAT IT WAS A BELLY LANDING.

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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