# Accident 20151122022959A: Beech 95-B55, Albany, NY, November 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2015, 13:05 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7486° N, 73.8056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7486&lon=-73.8056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600VP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600VP-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 157 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151122022959A

## Narrative

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

11/23/2015 THE ALBANY FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) INVESTIGATED AN ACCIDENT AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ALB). THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO AEA ROC AT 13:05 ON 11/22/2015.

A BEECHCRAFT 95-B55 SERIAL NUMBER TC-1805 REGISTRATION NUMBER N600VP LANDED AT ALB FROM A FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM KISP NY. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER'S TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES OR INDICATIONS PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT REPORTED A SLIGHT VIBRATION AND THEN BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PILOT OR SINGLE PASSENGER.

THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING :  BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLERS, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS, NOSE CONE  AND FUSELAGE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FORWARD OF NOSE GEAR.

THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SHOWS SIGNS OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: LOWER CORNER OF CABIN DOOR, THE LEFT SIDE ABOVE AFT WING ATTACHMENT FITTING AND LEFT NOSE JUST FORWARD OF WINDSHIELD.

THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY IN TWO PIECES.

12/07/2015 THE ALBANY FSDO SENT THE NOSE GEAR FORK TO THE NTSB TESTING LABORATORY PER NTSB IIC REQUEST.

12/10/2015 THE ALBANY FSDO RECEIVED A REPORT BACK FROM THE NTSB LABORATORY LISTING THE NOSE GEAR FORK TESTED HAD SUSTAINED GROSS PLASTIC DEFORMATION AND HAD FRACTURED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FRACTURE SURFACE WAS CONSISTENT WITH OVERSTRESS. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE WERE OBSERVED.

12/31/2015 REVIEWED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOUND NO AREAS OF 14CFR NON CONFORMITIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA16LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA052), Nov 22, 2015: Beech 95 B55 (N600VP), Albany, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper flare while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing, overstress fracture of the nose landing gear trunnion, and a subsequent…

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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