Beechcraft A36 N1820L

Summary

On 26 September 1998 at about 01:40 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N1820L, operated by Glen Alsworth, was involved in an accident near New Stuyahok, Alaska, 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

26 September 1998 at 01:40

Classification

Accident

Location

New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

New Stuyahok (KNW)

Coordinates

59.4901, -157.2890

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N1820L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Glen Alsworth

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Alsworth → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC98LA159

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot's interference with his normal habit pattern, turbulence, and the crosswind condition during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was landing with a 25 knot, gusting, crosswind. He told the NTSB investigator-in-charge that due to turbulence he had slowed the airplane and extended 20 degrees of flaps while in cruise flight. His normal habit was to extend the landing gear to slow the airplane prior to flap extension. He stated that he forgot to extend the landing gear, heard the 'gear up' warning horn too late to go-around, and landed with the wheels retracted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.