# Accident 20230829013939A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Greeley, CO, August 29, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2023, 20:15 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4279° N, 104.6334° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4279&lon=-104.6334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2KM) (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: 1,514 total, 1,115 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA407) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230829013939A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 MDT, A BEECH 95-B55 AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 AT GREELEY-WELD COUNTY AIRPORT (KGXY) WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE AND WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT (KBJC) AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 MDT ON AUGUST 30, 2023.

## 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 CEN23LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA407), Aug 30, 2023: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N2KM), Greeley, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear. Contributing to the accident was a malfunction of the landing gear warning horn for undetermined reasons.

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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