ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287592
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 July 2012 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Dotaero L L C |
| Registration: | N2023V |
| MSN: | TH-968 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6289 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO 520 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sugar Loaf Mountain, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Rapids-Gerald R. Ford International Airport, MI (GRR/KGRR) |
| Sugar Loaf Mountain, MI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, on a personal cross-country flight, had flown into the destination airport many times before and was familiar with the procedures associated with landing there. While completing the before-landing checklist, the pilot became distracted by conversation from the passengers. The pilot said that he did not hear the gear warning horn and, before he realized that the gear was still up, the airplane impacted the runway, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage during the wheels-up landing. Earlier in the flight, the pilot briefed his passengers about having a sterile cockpit environment during the landing phase of flight, but the conversation did not cease. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies associated with the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot did not complete the before-landing checklist and, subsequently, failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction with his passengers' conversation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN12CA436
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 12:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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