ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297188
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| Date: | Friday 7 June 2002 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A35 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8735A |
| MSN: | D-2157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3456 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental E-225-8-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newcastle, Wyoming -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newcastle-Mondell Field, WY (KECS) |
| Newcastle-Mondell Field, WY (KECS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After practicing maneuvers outlined in the commercial pilot practical flight test guide, the pilot returned to the airport and performed different types of takeoffs and landings on runway 31. The pilot said the airport's AWOS (automated weather observation station) then reported a wind shift, and he made an approach to runway 13. He forgot to lower the landing gear and landed wheels up. According to a Raytheon Aircraft Company spokesman, the airplane is equipped with an audible landing gear warning system that activates whenever power is reduced below 12 inches of manifold pressure and the landing gear is still retracted. The pilot said he didn't know if his airplane was so equipped and, if it was, he did not hear the warning horn prior to touchdown.
Probable Cause: the pilot-in-command's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02LA056
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 15:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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