# Incident 20200913016749I: Beech 95-C55, Sedona, AZ, September 13, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2020, 10:18 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8481° N, 111.8152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sedona, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8481&lon=-111.8152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55ZZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200913016749I

## Narrative

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

SPOKE TO PILOT OF SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ON PHONE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND HAD A GREEN LIGHT, INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE AND ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGING THE GEAR DOORS FOR BOTH MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THERE WAS ONE PAX ON BOARD, THE PILOT?S WIFE. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE AIRCRAFT IS STILL ON ITS BELLY AND NO MX PERSONNEL HAVE LOOKED AT IT OR PERFORMED ANY MX ON THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT.

PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT: ?THE FLIGHT WAS SEP, 13 2020 VFR FROM KCHD TO KSEZ AT ABOUT 9:30 AM ARRIVING AT 10:00 AM.  IT WAS A NORMAL FLIGHT ENTERING THE PATTERN FROM OVERHEAD MAKING A LEFT TRAFFIC ON LANDING ROLL THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S BELLY.  MY WIFE AND I EXITED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY?

AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF THERE WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF A PART, IT THERE HAD BEEN INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED OR IF THE PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY MANAGE THE LANDING GEAR. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY AS MORE INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.

## Other reports on N55ZZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19860830057419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860830057419I), Aug 30, 1986: Beech 95C55 (N55ZZ), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Unable to extend the landing gear. Diverted and landed gear up. Actuator worm sector not properly meshed. Stripped.

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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