# NTSB ATL85LA202: Beech 95-B55, N1793W, Alma, GA, July 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1985, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Alma, GA
- Coordinates: 31.540367, -82.470436 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5404&lon=-82.4704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA202

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LNDD WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED DURING, PRACTICE TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. THE PLT WAS A FAA FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER. THE PLT STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN; HOWEVER, EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FAILED TO REVEAL A SYSTEM MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1793W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1793W-2018-04-20), registration cancelled 2018-04-20, S/N TC-1504, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1504
- Airframe hours: 2439
- Engines: CONTINENTAL I0-470 L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brandy M. Holder, doing business as Holder Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 10, 1985, 30 hours before
- Departed: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Destination: 9A7, JONESBORO, GA
- Airport: AMG, Bacon Co, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 6,000 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMG

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19850701066399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850701066399I), Jul 1, 1985: Beech 95B55, Alma, GA, Minor damage. Inadvertant gear retraction while making touch and go. Inner gear doors ground off. Gear motor cycling up position.

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.

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