# NTSB CHI72FEE32: Beech 95-B55, N7515N, Lockport, IL, October 9, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 9, 1971
- Place: Lockport, IL · LOCKPORT, IL
- Location: 41.5908° N, 88.0325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lockport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5908&lon=-88.0325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164668
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEE32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEE32

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4437   71/10/9   LOCKPORT,ILL        BEECH 95-B55        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 9916
        TIME - 1108                    N7515N              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1022 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS-LOCKPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOCKPORT,ILL                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- LNDD SHORT OF DISPLACED THRESHOLD,NS GR HIT LIP OF RWY THRESHOLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7515N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lewis-Lockport

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.