- Date
- June 20, 1983, 17:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7712RBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830620038069A
- Case key
- 20940
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to landing, the plt moved the gear switch to the extend position & noted that the gear indicated down. However, the left main gear did not extend. While landing with the left gear retracted, the acft settled on the left wing & prop. The acft spun 180 deg to the left & came to rest in a grassy area off the rwy. An exam revealed the left main gear cable was loose, the respective uplock was worn & the left gear was struck in the up position. The last annual inspection was performed on 5/12/82. The gear position indicator indicated the landing gear actuator arm position rather than the actual gear position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7712R
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1167
- Airframe hours
- 2,192
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dvais Forestry Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1982 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- M76 · Monticello, AR
- Airport
- ESF · Esler Regional, runway 8, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,067 total · 1,544 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7712R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.