# NTSB FTW84LA044: Beech 95-B55, N677K, Tulsa, OK, November 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1983, 18:22 local (Nov 6, 1983, 00:22 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21198
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21198/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA044

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, other
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - disabled (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not possible, pilot in command

## Analysis

DURING A MISSED APPROACH FROM A PRACTICE ILS APCH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD DURING GEAR RETRACTION. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TOEXTEND THE GEAR, BOTH NORMALLY & MANUALLY, RESULTED IN THE RIGHT GEAR REMAINING UP & LOCKED WITH THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR SLIGHTLY OPEN. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT WITH THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTED, & THE ACFT SWERVED RIGHT INTO A TAXIWAY DIRECTION SIGN. THE RIGHT GEAR WAS FOUND HELD IN THE UP POSITION BY THE GEAR UP LOCK. A SPRING, P/N 35-815115, DESIGNED TO LIFT THE UP LOCK OUT OF POSITION ALLOWING THE GEAR DOWN SEQUENCE TO BEGIN WAS MISSING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N677K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1029
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: 677 Kilo Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: TUL, Tulsa Int'L, runway 26, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,631 total, 494 in this make and model, 1,500 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19831105074199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105074199A), Nov 5, 1983: Beech 95B55, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Right main gear was stuck in retracted position because gear uplock spring was missing.

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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