# Accident 20170321006999A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Ronkonkoma, NY, March 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2017, 20:50 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7953° N, 73.1003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7953&lon=-73.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62RF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62RF-2018-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 867 total, 210 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170321006999A

## Narrative

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

3/21/2017: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT N62RF, BEECHCRAFT BARON 95-B55, WAS OPERATING WITHIN ISP TRAFFIC PATTERN. DURING LANDING IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

3/22/2017: ARRIVED AT AIRCRAFT AND CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DISCOVERED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS AND THE BELLY OF AIRCRAFT FROM NOSE RADOME TO THE AFT CENTER SPAR AREA. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT BY THE FAA, BASED ON THE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD CENTER SPAR. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE FAA HAD AN OPERATIONAL CHECK PERFORMED ON THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD.

3/27/2017: INTERVIEWED THE PILOT. BASED ON HIS STATEMENTS, HE STATED THAT IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS PIC. THERE ARE NO MORE AIRWORTHINESS CONCERNS WITH THIS AIRCRAFT N62RF.

## 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 ERA17LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA134), Mar 22, 2017: Beech 95B55 (N62RF), Islip, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in the gear-up 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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