# Accident 20251114021109A: Beech B-55, Dothan, AL, November 14, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2025, 13:34 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Dothan Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3210° N, 85.4495° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3210&lon=-85.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251114021109A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION MALFUNCTION.  AFTER EXTENSIVE IN-FLIGHT TROUBLSHOOTING, THE DECISION TO INITIATE A GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE AT DOTHAN REGIONAL AIRPORT.   THE TOWER CONFIRMED RIGHT BEFORE LANDING THAT ALL GEAR APPEARED TO BE UP AND RETRACTED BUT THE LEFT GEAR DOOR WAS PARTIALLY OPEN.  A GEAR UP LANDING WAS INITIATED WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 ERA26LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA043), Nov 14, 2025: Beech 95-B55 (N711FA), Dothan, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear actuator rods, which resulted in a gear up landing.

## Other reports on N711FA (1)

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

- [Incident 20170510004659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170510004659I), May 10, 2017: Beech B-55 (N711FA), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Pilot and one passenger were returning to Jackson County Airport (kjxn) in BE55, N711FA, after local flight. Pilot had received clearace to land and was…

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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