# Accident 20250820013259A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), St Petersburg, FL, August 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2025, 08:44 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8313N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8313N) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,576 total, 12 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250820013259A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2025, A BEECH 95-B55 (T42A), REGISTERED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER TC-1070, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (KSPG) IN ST PETERSBURG, FL.  THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PREPARE FOR HIS MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTOR PRACTICAL TEST.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSPG UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AT APPROXIMATELY AFTER 08:45 LOCAL TIME DESTINED FOR PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT (KPGD).

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AN AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR FAILED AND THE BATTERY BEGAN DISCHARGING.  HE RESET BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN ALTERNATOR SWITCHES, FOLLOWED BY THE BREAKERS FOR EACH ALTERNATOR WITHOUT SUCCESS.

HE CONTACTED TAMPA APPROACH TO ABORT THE FLIGHT TO KPGD AND RETURN TO KSPG.  HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH DOWN AND HEARD THE GEAR MOTOR RUNNING INCLUDING EXTENSION NOISES.   THE GARMIN PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) FLICKERED OFF, WENT BLACK, AND THEN WENT INTO A REBOOT CYCLE.  KSPG TOWER CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO LAND.  THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS UNSURE IF THE TOWER COULD HEAR HIM DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, SUSPECTING LOW BATTERY POWER.  PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPLETED A GUMPS CHECK.  HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BASED ON THE INDICATOR POSITION OF THE FLOOR GEAR MECHANICAL INDICATOR.  HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT VERIFY IT FROM THE GREEN ELECTRICAL LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  DURING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 7 THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR PROPELLERS ON BOTH ENGINES FROM GROUND IMPACT AND SCARRING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM GROUND CONTACT.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

## 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 ERA25LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA343), Aug 20, 2025: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N8313N), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was a malfunction of the landing gear’s electrical retraction/extension system, which tripped the circuit…

## Other reports on N8313N (1)

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

- [Incident 20221104022979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221104022979I), Nov 4, 2022: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N8313N), Franklin, NC, Minor damage. The pilot stated that he "touched down light on the flaps" and that his application of brake pressure caused the wheels to lock up resulting in a burst tire on…

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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