Beechcraft 95-C55 N303QB
18 January 2017 · Delta, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 January 2017 at about 23:30 local time, a Beechcraft 95-C55 registered N303QB was involved in an accident near Delta, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Delta, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Blake Field Airport (AJZ)
- Coordinates
- 38.7864, -108.0636
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 95-C55
- Registration
- N303QB
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1966
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN17LA091
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear to extend during landing approach due to the interference between the landing gear motor's sector and worm gears.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane experienced a gear-up landing after the private pilot was unable to extend the landing gear. Postaccident examination of the landing gear motor revealed that the sector gear teeth were partially sheared and were bound with the worm gear teeth, resulting in interference. Once the gear was turned past the sheared area, the assembly functioned with no anomalies. Review of maintenance logs revealed that the most recent annual inspection, which included the landing gear system, was completed about 6 months before the accident with no anomalies noted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 95 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2017 | Beechcraft 95 B55 | Statesville, North Carolina, United States | 92 Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 2017 | Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) | Cameron Park, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2017 | Beechcraft 95 C55 | Mountain Ranch, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Feb 2018 | Beechcraft 95 | North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Sheble Joseph F II | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2016 | Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) | Leshara, Nebraska, United States | LeMay Aero Club | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Apr 2018 | Beechcraft 95 B55 | Suffolk, Virginia, United States | Moosehead Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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