ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295801
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| Date: | Friday 30 May 2003 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Allen Kitchens |
| Registration: | N258P |
| MSN: | TC-2414 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-460L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Forest, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS (M11 |
| Forest, MS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot when he started turning base leg he began noticing that the plane was not slowing down like it should and he decided to lower to full flaps. This still "did not alert" him to the fact that the gear was not down. When he turned to final he increased the speed, to about 1OO knots all the way down to short final. He held 15 inches of manifold pressure up until the flair. At the time of flair he reduced the power to idle, and immediately the landing gear warning horn started sounding. He said his mind "was stuck on airspeed," he "immediately" thought it was the stall warning horn, and lowered the nose a little. He leveled the wings, held the airplane off the runway, and bled off airspeed. When the airplane finally touched down, about half way down the runway the "grinding" sound started, and he realized the landing gear was retracted. An inspection of the cockpit showed the landing gear handle in the "up position." The on scene investigation revealed that the airplane had slid on its belly for over 1,000 feet. The pilot, was at the scene and immediately reported to the FAA inspector, "...that he had forgot to put the landing gear down." He further stated he had a checklist but "did not use it." The airplane received substantial damage to the bottom fuselage; to the extent several ribs were ground completely through the thickness of the metal.
Probable Cause: the failure of the pilot-in-command to extend the landing gear, or use the checklist while on landing approach, resulting in a gear up landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA03CA117
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1993 | N258P | Private | 0 | Ashdown, AR | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 13:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 07-Jun-2023 12:40 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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