Beechcraft 95 B55 N600VP
22 November 2015 · Albany, New York, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 November 2015 at about 18:17 local time, a Beechcraft 95 B55 registered N600VP was involved in an accident near Albany, New York, 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 18:17
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Albany, New York, United States
- Nearest airport
- Albany Intl (ALB)
- Coordinates
- 42.7486, -73.8056
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 95 B55
- Registration
- N600VP
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1974
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Islip → Albany
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA16LA052
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper flare while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing, overstress fracture of the nose landing gear trunnion, and a subsequent nose landing gear collapse.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The private pilot stated that, while on approach for landing, he lowered the landing gear and confirmed that all three landing gear indicator lights were illuminated. He noted that there was a "slight" crosswind, and, upon touchdown, he felt an "unusual" nose wheel shimmy before the nose landing gear trunnion fractured and the nose landing gear collapsed. Examination of the fracture surfaces revealed failure due to overstress with no preexisting conditions contributing to the failure. The airport's automated weather observation recorded a 40° crosswind at 16 knots with gusts to 25 knots about the time of the accident. It is likely that, while landing in gusting wind conditions, the pilot allowed the airplane's nose landing gear to contact the runway hard, which resulted in the overstress fracture of the trunnion and the resulting gear collapse.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 95 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2015 | Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) | Saltville, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 22 Feb 2014 | Beechcraft 95-B55 | LaGrange, Georgia, United States | Executive Aircraft Storage LLC | Fatal | 3 |
| 24 Jul 2016 | Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) | Leshara, Nebraska, United States | LeMay Aero Club | Fatal | 2 |
| 27 Feb 2016 | Beechcraft 95 C55 | Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 2014 | Beechcraft 95 55 | Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States | Tackett John Z | No injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2016 | Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) | Broadus, Montana, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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