Beechcraft D55 N7815R

Summary

On 25 January 1983 at about 16:58 local time, a Beechcraft D55 registered N7815R was involved in an accident near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 January 1983 at 16:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Cape Girardeau (GCI)

Coordinates

37.3395, -89.5710

Aircraft

Beechcraft D55

Registration

N7815R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fenton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA058

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY AFTER A BUSINESS FLIGHT. THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLEAND OBSERVED THE GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT ILLUMINATE AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE TO LAND. THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT CROSS CHECK THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR AND DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN ALTHOUGH THE THROTTLES WERE AT FLIGHTIDLE BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING, A FIRE ERUPTED AND DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.