20180430007779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 95-B55 · North Little Ro, AR · April 30, 2018

Date
April 30, 2018 · 16:00 local
Place
North Little Ro, AR
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N550K
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA252
Reported as
Beech 95-B55
Reported engine
Continental IO-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total400 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

April 30, 2018- a Beechcraft BE-95 registered as N550K s/n TC-2180 while landing runway 5 at north Little rock at or about 1600 local time made a hard landing striking right propeller and causing deformation of the fuselage to the point that the main cabin door opened. Operator then taxied to maintenance. Operator contacted NTSB may 01, 2018 to report a hard landing. Inspection of the aircraft showed the right side of airframe wrinkled above the wing attach points, and the right propeller had damage to the last 4-5 inches of all blades, the main cabin door would not completely close.

As the FAA filed it

APRIL 30, 2018- A BEECHCRAFT BE-95 REGISTERED AS N550K S/N TC-2180 WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 5 AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK AT OR ABOUT 1600 LOCAL TIME MADE A HARD LANDING STRIKING RIGHT PROPELLER AND CAUSING DEFORMATION OF THE FUSELAGE TO THE POINT THAT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED. OPERATOR THEN TAXIED TO MAINTENANCE. OPERATOR CONTACTED NTSB MAY 01, 2018 TO REPORT A HARD LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRFRAME WRINKLED ABOVE THE WING ATTACH POINTS, AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER HAD DAMAGE TO THE LAST 4-5 INCHES OF ALL BLADES, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.