# Incident 20180516012669I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Lancaster, NY, May 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9006° N, 78.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9006&lon=-78.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4561S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4561S-2019-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 770 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180516012669I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED AT 9G0. THE COMMERCIAL MULTI ENGINE RATED PILOT DEPARTED 9G0 WITH INTENTION TO ACCOMPLISH 3 CURRENCY TAKEOFFS /LANDINGS. THE FIRST LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT 9G0 AND THEN FLEW TO BQR FOR THE SECOND. IN THE PATTERN FOR RNWY26 THE PILOT TURNED A WIDE LEFT BASE AND LOWERED FLAPS TO 10° AND THOUGHT HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. TURNING FINAL THE PILOT SELECTED FLAPS 30°. AS HE BEGAN HIS FLARE AND RETARDED THE THROTTLES HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN SOUND AND SCRAPING SOUND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE PILOT LOOKED AND SAW THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION AND PUT IT TO DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE AIRPORT PERIMITTER FENCE.

## Other reports on N4561S (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010609013949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010609013949I), Jun 9, 2001: Beech 95B55 (N4561S), Farmingdale, NY. (-23) After experiencing flap problems (right flap fully extended left flap fully retracted) pilot attempted to land on runway 19 and veered off runway. The…
- [Incident 20010128013939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010128013939I), Jan 28, 2001: Beech 95B55 (N4561S), Shirley, NY, Minor damage. (-23) While landing on runway 33, pilot has intermittent left gear down indication. Pilot followed the emergency procedures in the aircraft flight manual to…
- [Accident 19771212036289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771212036289A), Dec 12, 1977: Beech 95B55 (N4561S), Dubois, PA, Substantial damage. Acft hit snow short of rwy.

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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