20180317002889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Asheville, NC · March 17, 2018

Date
March 17, 2018 · 08:00 local
Place
Asheville, NC
Airport
Asheville Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21KF
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The landing gear did not fully extend when selected prior to landing. The pilot was able to manually crank the gear down and received indication that the gear was down and locked. The control tower noted the landing gear appeared to be down during a fly-by performed by the pilot prior to landing. During the landing roll-out, the pilot received an unsafe gear indication for the nose gear. He taxied off the runway and shut down the engines on the taxiway. The pilot then attempted to manually crank the landing gear further to get the a safe nose gear indication and the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND WHEN SELECTED PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY CRANK THE GEAR DOWN AND RECEIVED INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CONTROL TOWER NOTED THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN DURING A FLY-BY PERFORMED BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE PILOT RECEIVED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR. HE TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY CRANK THE LANDING GEAR FURTHER TO GET THE A SAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.