# Incident 20180330010429I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Bedford, IN, March 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Airport: Virgil I Grissom Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8400° N, 86.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIRGIL I GRISSOM MUNI (BFR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8400&lon=-86.4454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137BT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137BT-2018-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-L (registry code 17348, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180330010429I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 30, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:45 EASTERN TIME (13:45Z), A 1964 BEECHCRAFT BARON BE-55, N137BT, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE VIRGIL I GRISSOM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBFR), BEDFORD, INDIANA. IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS, GEAR DOORS AND FLAPS. THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO STONE CITY AVIATION LLC, AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 ON A FLIGHT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) IN THE LOCAL AREA AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.

THE PILOT STATED AT LIFTOFF THE CABIN DOOR OPENED. WITH INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING, HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE, FLY THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LAND. THE PILOT DOES NOT REMEMBER RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR. WHILE ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT HEARD WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE THE STALL WARNING HORN AND ADDED POWER. THIS WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE LAND GEAR WARNING HORN. ON FINAL THE PILOT LOWERED FULL FLAPS AND IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ON CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 815 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN THE CENTER OF RUNWAY 31 ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 305 DEGREES. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN, SECURED, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED BY THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY WITH SEVERAL RETRACT CYCLES. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING AND LIGHT INDICATION SYSTEMS WORKED NORMALLY WITH EACH CYCLE.

THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE OPEN DOOR, FAILED TO USE PROPER CHECKLIST PROCEDURES, AND AS A RESULT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE 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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