# Incident 20240328011099I: Beech 95-C55, Mineral Wells, TX, March 28, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2024, 12:50 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7816° N, 98.0602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINERAL WELLS RGNL (MWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7816&lon=-98.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7885C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7885C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-CB (registry code 17234, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-cb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,623 total, 567 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240328011099I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 28 AT 1109 CENTRAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED AN R&D FLIGHT TO EVALUATE AN ADAHRS SOFTWARE MOD IAW TEST CONDITIONS IN RTCA DO-334. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE TEST WAS TERMINATED DUE TO INTERMITTENT GPS ANTENNAE LOSS OF INTEGREITY.

THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL WITH LANDING GEAR IN DOWN POSITION CONFIRMED BY GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER AND FLAP TO IMPACT THE GROUND. NTSB DETERMINED DAMAGE WAS MINOR.

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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