# Incident 20150508005589I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Mena, AR, May 8, 2015 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 8, 2015, 22:30 local time - Place: Mena, AR - Airport: Mena Intermountain Municipal - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.5455° N, 94.2024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNI (MEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5455&lon=-94.2024&mi=10 - Aircraft: N353LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353LA) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (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-B55 (T42A) - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150508005589I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 8, 2015, ABOUT 2130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A 1970 BEECH BARON 95-B55 AIRPLANE, N353LA, LANDED AT MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMEZ), MENA, ARKANSAS, BETWEEN RUNWAY 17 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY B (SEVERE WEATHER IN THE VICINITY). ON ROLLOUT IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A BURM ON THE PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY B2. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED DURING THE INCIDENT, WITH DAMAGE TO THE NOSE RADOME, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND BOTH ENGINES PROPELLERS. A NUMBER OF NOTAMS WERE ISSUED TO INCLUDE A NOTAM FOR NO RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS BEING OPERATIONAL ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. IMC METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT STERLING, COLORADO (KSTK) AND WAS DESTINED FOR MENA (KMEZ), ARKANSAS. THE PILOT HOLDS PRIVATE PRIVILEGES FOR AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND, AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND AND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE, AS WELL AS A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL. HIS LAST THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2013. A CURRENT PILOT LOGBOOK WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE 1970 BEECH BARON 95-B55 AIRPLANE, N353LA, SERIAL NUMBER TC-1339, WAS A LOW WING, SEMI-MONOCOQUE AIRPLANE, TWIN ENGINE WITH A RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR, CONFIGURED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 6 OCCUPANTS. ## Other reports on N353LA (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20200829013919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829013919I), Aug 29, 2020: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N353LA), Bellingham, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft was landing RY16, nose gear appeared to collapse. Aircraft came to a stop approx 2,000 feet down the runway on centerline and personnel evacuated. - [Incident 20050919020759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050919020759I), Sep 19, 2005: Beech 95B55 (N353LA), Pasco, WA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was receiving multiengine airplane instruction from [privacy data omitted] a CFI on September 19, 2005. The multiengine… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.