Beechcraft E-55 N142P

Summary

On 4 August 1996 at about 15:30 local time, a Beechcraft E-55 registered N142P was involved in an accident near Brownwood, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 August 1996 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brownwood, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Brownwood (BWD)

Coordinates

31.7202, -98.9698

Aircraft

Beechcraft E-55

Registration

N142P

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Del Rio → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96LA336

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. Factors were the pilot's failure to use a checklist, his diverted attention, and the landing gear warning horn not sounding.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot reported that he was concentrating on practicing a 'close/precise pattern.' The pilot did not look at the landing gear and flap levers, and he inadvertently added an extra notch of flaps instead of extending the landing gear during the base leg of the traffic pattern. The pilot also reported that the landing gear warning horn did not sound. Both propellers, the belly of the airplane, and structural formers were bent in the wheels up landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.