- Date
- May 31, 1974
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N355NBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740531016169A
- Case key
- 126394
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1422 74/5/31 TORRANCE,CALIF BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1518 N355N PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 49, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CULVER CITY,CALIF TORRANCE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- LH TORQUE TUBE ROD BENT.BEECH PN 35-815125-6029 LDG GR IND SHOWED DWN POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N355N
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrance
N355NRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2022 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.