- Date
- November 15, 1989, 18:35 local (Nov 16, 1989, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N422KBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891115045429A
- Case key
- 23077
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Probable cause
The landing gear was either not fully extended during the landing or it retracted during the landing roll for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor pilot and the dual student stated that the nose gear and then the main gear collapsed after the airplane touched down on its gear, with the green (gear down and locked) light on. There was evidence that the gear was up and locked when the airplane touched down on the runway. When checked, one of the lndg gear circuit breakers (for the dynamic brake relay) would 'pop.' The purpose of the dynamic brake relay was to keep the landing gear motor from overrunning & jamming in the up or down position. The gear extension/retraction system (including the indicator lights & warning horn) operated normally. Also, the up/down lock posiiton appeared to be correct, no part failure or malfunction was found that would have resulted in the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N422K
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 424
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pegasus Flight Center Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Flight Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MWL
- Destination
- MWL
- Airport
- MWL · Mineral Wells Muni, runway 31, 5,094 × 100 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,920 total · 349 in this make and model · 1,813 as pilot in command · 232 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N422K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.