ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297849
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 June 2019 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 35 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N1361Z |
| MSN: | D-6781 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5389 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-N14B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caldwell, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Georgetown-Sussex County Airport, DE (GED/KGED) |
| Caldwell Wright Airport, NJ (CDW/KCDW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the air traffic tower controller had cleared him to land behind another airplane and that he was distracted searching for the airplane ahead and did not extend the landing gear. He eventually visually located the traffic and continued the approach. He did not hear the landing gear warning horn. During the landing, a passenger yelled that the landing gear was still up, and the tower controller called for a go-around. The pilot pulled back on the yoke and added power. The airplane aerodynamically stalled, the left wing dropped and impacted the ground, and the airplane came to rest in grass left of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's distraction while looking for traffic, which led to his failure to extend the landing gear before landing, and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a subsequent go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA19CA427
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 09:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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