# NTSB FTW71FPD56: Beech B95, N9929R, Fort Worth, TX, May 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1971
- Place: Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW71FPD56
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71FPD56

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1564  71/5/10    FORT WORTH,TEX      BEECH B95           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1505                    N9929R              PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 40, 2438 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            214 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SMITHFIELD,TEX              FORT WORTH,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        REMARKS- LANDED GR UP AFTR BOUNCED LDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9929R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9929R-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N TD-362, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95
- Registry model: [Beech B95](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95) (registry code 1153404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meacham Field

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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