# Incident 20220212001819I: Beech E-55, Green Bay, WI, February 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2022, 13:20 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Airport: Green Bay/Austin Straubel International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4846° N, 88.1297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREEN BAY/AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTL (GRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4846&lon=-88.1297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71GG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71GG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,783 total, 210 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220212001819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES AFTER AIRCRAFT RELEASED FROM MAINTENANCE AT GREEN BAY AIRPORT (KGRB). AFTER DEPARTURE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 3000 FEET AS INSTRUCTED BY KGRB TOWER. PILOT HEARD A BANG AND FELT A LOSS OF POWER. PILOT SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE, THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN IN MAINTENANCE. THEN REALIZED IT WAS THE LEFT ENGINE THAT HAD FAILED. LOSING ALTITUDE RAPIDLY, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART RIGHT ENGINE. PILOT OPTED TO LAND IN FARMER'S FIELD. WITH BOTH PROPELLERS FEATHERED AND BOTH ENGINES SHUT DOWN PILOT EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND LANDED IN THE FIELD. DURING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON ITS NOSE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. KGRB ARFF ASSISTED WITH RESCUE. INITIAL PHOTOGRAPHS SENT TO IIC AND NTSB INDICATED MINOR DAMAGE. NTSB REPRESENTATIVE NAMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT.

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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