# Accident 20191109020949A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Griffin, GA, November 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2019, 10:30 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Griffin-Spalding County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2269° N, 84.2750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2269&lon=-84.2750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N686DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N686DR-2020-09-02) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,679 total, 670 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191109020949A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 9 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30AM EST. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF FROM GRIFFIN AIRPORT (6A2). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAMILY ON BOARD FOR A PATIENT APPRECIATION DAY. AS THEY WERE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 14, AT APPROXIMATELY 70KTS THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY UNTIL IT CAME TO REST FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY, HALF IN THE GRASS AND HALF ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL, MASTER SWITCH, AND BOTH MAGS. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAMILY AND THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THEY MOVED AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE IN CASE OF FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. 911 WAS CALLED AND THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE FAA REGIONAL OPERATION CENTER (ROC) WAS CALLED. THE ROC CONTACTED ME AND PATCHED ME THROUGH TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. I SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED HIM TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT SITS THEN GAVE HIM THE OKAY TO CLEAR THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT BACK AND LOOKED IN THE COCKPIT AND NOTICED THE GEAR HANDLE SELECTED IN THE UP POSITION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE TEAM AT PRECISION AVIONICS SPECIALTIES WERE CALLED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. THEY RAISED THE AIRPLANE WITH A CRANE AND STRAPS, THEN POWER WAS PUT ON THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN, THEN THE AIRPLANE WAS LOWERED ON ITS GEAR, AND TOWED TO PRECISION AVIONICS RAMP.

## 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 ERA20LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA035), Nov 9, 2019: Beech 55 (N686DR), Griffin, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane was properly configured for takeoff, which resulted in the inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the takeoff roll and the airplane’s…

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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