Beechcraft 95 N21RS

Summary

On 5 April 2023 at about 22:00 local time, a Beechcraft 95 registered N21RS was involved in an accident near Bremerton, Washington, 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.

Date

5 April 2023 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bremerton, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Bremerton National (KPWT)

Coordinates

47.4903, -122.7648

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95

Registration

N21RS

Category

Airplane

Year built

1959

Engines

1

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

WPR23LA157

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the down limit and down indicator switch and the warning horn switch assemblies, which prevented the landing gear from extending and at the same time providing a false indication that the landing gear was extended.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane had been stored outside for a year, and the flight was the first after an annual inspection that had recently been performed. The pilot reported that while on approach to land, he had a gear safe indicator light, but upon touchdown discovered that the gear had not extended. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage at the lateral wing spar carry-through structure. Postaccident examination revealed that the landing gear down limit and down indicator switch, and the warning horn switch were both stuck in the open position. This condition provided a false gear down-and-locked indication and disabled the gear warning horn.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.