- Date
- December 15, 1987, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N707CCBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871215079879A
- Case key
- 32111
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a personal flt after the plt lowered the landing gear for landing, the left main landing gear did not extend. The plt continued the apch, & after touchdown, the acft veered off the rwy, collided with trees, then came to rest. According to FAA personnel the lt main lndg gear did not extend possibly due to a frozen uplock roller. As a result after the plt lowered the lndg gear, the push-pull rod failed. According to Beech acft personnel, the push-pull rod could fail if the uplock roller failed. According to the owner the acft & eng logbooks could not be located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N707CC
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE78
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cabanas, Fred R.
- Registered owner
- Cabanas, Fred R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1987
- Departed
- EYW · Keywest, FL
- Airport
- MTH · Marathon Flt Strip, runway 1, 5,000 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 8 in this make and model · 1,053 as pilot in command · 111 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 39 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.