# Incident 20151125020029I: Beech 95, Wichita, KS, November 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2015, 13:30 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2021C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2021C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151125020029I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2015, THE AIRMAN WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING THE BEECHCRAFT TRAVEL AIR AT THE COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT (KAAO); THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO COMPLETE AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CHECKRIDE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE WINDS WERE GUSTING BETWEEN TWENTY AND TWENTY FIVE KNOTS ALL DAY FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.  THE FIRST HALF OF THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRMAN COMPLETED AN ILS APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 18.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REPOSITIONED ON THE GROUND FOR TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH THE INTENTION OF COMPLETING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT APPROACH.   DURING THE RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  A DECISION WAS MADE TO ABANDON THE NEXT APPROACH AND TURN DOWNWIND FOR LANDING.  DURING THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE AIRCRAFTS ELECTRICAL POWER RETURNED AND THE AIRMAN LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED EXTENDED VIA THE MECHANICAL GEAR INDICATOR AND LANDING GEAR MIRROR AFFIXED TO THE ENGINE NACELLE; NO VERIFICATION WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED VIA THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH PROHIBITED THE ILLUMINATION OF THESE LIGHTS.  THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFTS LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SMOOTHLY ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD; MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.  THE AIRMAN AND PILOT EXAMINER ON BOARD DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

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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