ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287639
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 2012 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 |
| Owner/operator: | Hatfield Enterprises LLC |
| Registration: | N136EH |
| MSN: | E-1555 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4326 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-BB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shreveport Downtown Airport, LA (DTN/KDTN) |
| New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident pilot reported that he extended the airplane's landing gear and observed three green lights indicating that the gear was extended before landing. The pilot stated that the airplane touched down, bounced, and then settled on the runway again. The pilot said that during the second touchdown 'it felt as thought the gear was not sound,†and he tried unsuccessfully to perform a go-around. The airplane skidded to a stop on the runway.
When the accident airplane was removed from the runway after the accident, its landing gear was found in the retracted position, and ground scars on the runway and damage to the airplane's propellers, landing gear doors, and belly were consistent with the landing gear not being extended before landing. Further, a witness in an airplane flying abeam the accident airplane during its approach to land reported that he did not see its landing gear extended. Postaccident examination revealed no indication of preimpact malfunction or anomaly that would have precluded normal operation of the landing gear. Although an intermittent landing gear horn anomaly was noted during postaccident examination, it could not be determined if that anomaly existed before the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN12LA434
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 12:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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