20220705011879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Livingston, TN · July 5, 2022

Date
July 5, 2022 · 10:35 local
Place
Livingston, TN
Airport
Livingston Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N955V
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA311
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
391 total10 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(PIC) privacy data omitted earned her multi-engine rating three weeks prior to accident date. PIC privacy data omittedand privacy data omitted were on on pleasure fight, the aircraft was privacy data omitted

privacy data omitted Attempted a landing to runway 21 at the Livingston Municipal Airport(8A3),which is hard surface and 5152 feet in length.

The aircraft touched down left main first porpoise/bounced and the second touch down was a nose first causing the nosewheel tire to pop off rim.

During the sequence the propeller blades made contact with the runway, this caused all (3) left engine propeller blades to curl backwards. The strain of the side motion on the aircraft caused visible wrinkling in left side of fuseloge under pilot window, in additionally the underside of the left wing root was wrinkled. Causing substandial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(PIC) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EARNED HER MULTI-ENGINE RATING THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT DATE. PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE ON ON PLEASURE FIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED A LANDING TO RUNWAY 21 AT THE LIVINGSTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT(8A3),WHICH IS HARD SURFACE AND 5152 FEET IN LENGTH.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT MAIN FIRST PORPOISE/BOUNCED AND THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN WAS A NOSE FIRST CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL TIRE TO POP OFF RIM.

DURING THE SEQUENCE THE PROPELLER BLADES MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THIS CAUSED ALL (3) LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES TO CURL BACKWARDS. THE STRAIN OF THE SIDE MOTION ON THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED VISIBLE WRINKLING IN LEFT SIDE OF FUSELOGE UNDER PILOT WINDOW, IN ADDITIONALLY THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING ROOT WAS WRINKLED. CAUSING SUBSTANDIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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