# NTSB investigations: Beech 95-B55 (T42A): Landing gear not configured

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA25LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA343.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2025 · N8313N · Substantial damage
  > 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 breaker.
- [NTSB ERA24LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA307.md): Beech 95-B55 · Greenville, NC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 1, 2024 · N9308Q · Substantial damage
  > A landing with the nose gear retracted as a result of an intermittent landing gear relay.
- [NTSB CEN23LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA407.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Greeley, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 30, 2023 · N2KM · Substantial damage
  > 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.
- [NTSB ERA23LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA064.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Athens, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 3, 2022 · N101DC · Substantial damage
  > The operator’s and the pilot’s continued operation of the airplane with a known electrical problem, resulting in a loss of electrical power and a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB CEN22LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA183.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Wharton, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 21, 2022 · N66NP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear.
- [NTSB ERA21LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA093.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Westfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 29, 2020 · N916MT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing and his failure to confirm that the landing gear was extended before landing.
- [NTSB CEN20CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA363.md): Beech 55 · Athens, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 22, 2020 · N1621W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during the approach and landing.
- [NTSB ERA20LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA035.md): Beech 55 · Griffin, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 9, 2019 · N686DR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane was properly configured for takeoff, which resulted in the inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the takeoff roll and the airplane’s subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA19TA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA233.md): Beech 95B55 · Sanford, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Jul 19, 2019 · N386Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA251.md): Beech 95 B55 · Suffolk, VA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 17, 2018 · N4464S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to properly secure the portable GPS and antenna cable, which resulted in the inadvertent landing gear retraction during landing.
- [NTSB ERA17LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA134.md): Beech 95B55 · Islip, NY · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 22, 2017 · N62RF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in the gear-up landing.
- [NTSB WPR17LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA061.md): Beech 95 B55 (T42A) · Cameron Park, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 1, 2017 · N321BJ · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the landing gear to extend as a result of excessive wear within the landing gear gearbox and motor, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB ERA10CA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA201.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Sevierville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 31, 2010 · N43BS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear on the ground during a touch-and-go landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA110.md): Beech 95-B55 · Lansing, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 18, 2008 · N8991M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent raising of the landing gear during rollout.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1152706')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '095' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence?model=1152706

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