Selkirk College IATPL Program Manual
Beech 95 POH
Effective September 1, 2005
Appendix 14 - 65
With the landing gear in the up position the wheels are completely enclosed by fairing
doors that are operated mechanically by the retraction and extension of the gear. After the
gear is lowered the main gear inboard fairing doors automatically close, producing extra
lift and reduced drag for takeoff and landing. Individual down-locks actuated by the
retraction system lock when the gear is fully extended. The linkage is also spring loaded
to the over-center position.
Two landing gear position lights, one red and one green, are located above the landing
gear switch. Two switches on the gear actuator (gearbox) activate the lights. The red light
indicates the gearbox has rotated to the full up position and the green light indicates the
gearbox is in the down position. In addition a mechanical indicator beneath the control
console, connected directly to the nose gear linkage, shows the position of the nose gear
at all times.
To prevent accidental gear retraction on the ground a safety switch on the left main strut
breaks the control circuit whenever the strut is compressed by the weight of the airplane
and completes the circuit so the gear may be retracted, when the strut extends.
Never rely
on the safety switch to keep the gear down while taxiing or on takeoff or landing
roll. Always check the position of the gear handle.
With the gear retracted, if either or both throttles are retarded below an engine setting
sufficient to sustain flight, a warning horn will sound an intermittent note. During single-
engine operation, advancing the throttle of the inoperative engine enough to open the
horn switch will silence the horn.
The nose wheel assembly is made steerable through a spring-loaded linkage connected to
the rudder pedals. Retraction of the gear relieves the rudder pedals of their nose steering
load and centers the wheel, by a roller and slot arrangement, to ensure proper retraction in
the wheel well. A hydraulic dampener on the nose wheel strut compensates for the
inherent shimmy tendency of a pivoted nose wheel.
Wheels are carried by heat-treated tubular steel trusses and use Beech air-oil type shock
struts. Since the shock struts are inflated with both compressed nitrogen and hydraulic
fluid their correct inflation should be checked prior to each flight. Even brief taxiing with
a deflated strut can cause severe damage.
For manual operation of the landing gear (lowering only) a hand crank is located behind
the front seats. The crank, when engaged, drives the normal gear actuation system.
Main wheels are equipped with hydraulic disc brakes actuated by individual master
cylinders on the pilot and co-pilot rudder pedals. The hydraulic brake reservoir is
accessible from the nose baggage compartment and should be checked occasionally for
specified fluid level. The parking brake is set by a push-pull control below the pilot sub-
panel just left of the center console. Setting the control does not pressurize the brake
system, but simply closes a valve in the lines so that pressure built up by pumping the toe
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