# NTSB NYC86LA080: Beech 95-B55, N36638, Rochester, NY, February 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1986, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Coordinates: 43.170856, -77.700469 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1709&lon=-77.7005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA080

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - unlocked (cause)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

ON LANDING ROLL LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRPLANE SWERVED LEFT, CAME TO A STOP. AIRPLANE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO FIRE. NO INJURIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36638](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36638-2018-01-03), registration cancelled 2018-01-03, S/N TC-2325, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-2325
- Airframe hours: 2802
- Engines: CONTINENTAL I0-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Van-Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 1, 1985, 81 hours before
- Departed: 4TZ, TORONTO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ROC, Rochester, runway 25, 4,430 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,033 total, 15 in this make and model, 1,094 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft unknown
- Temperature: 25 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860227006099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227006099A), Feb 27, 1986: Beech 95B55, Rochester, NY, Substantial damage. Left gear collapsed on landing roll.

## Other investigations on N36638 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA14FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA128), Feb 22, 2014: Beech 95-B55 (N36638), LaGrange, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's overreaction to a perceived conflict with a tow plane and glider on an intersecting runway, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted aborted landing. Contributing to the…

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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