Beechcraft 95 N1016T

Summary

On 14 December 2001 at about 00:45 local time, a Beechcraft 95 registered N1016T was involved in an accident near Kingman, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 December 2001 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingman, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Kingman (IGM)

Coordinates

35.2594, -113.9381

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95

Registration

N1016T

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Needles → Kingman

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX02LA047

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to complete and verify the prelanding checklist and extend the landing gear, which resulted in the gear-up landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane made a gear-up landing during a positioning flight following landing gear maintenance. The airplane had been flown to a maintenance facility for landing gear retraction problems. The landing gear system had been worked on, and the landing gear warning system had been checked. The pilot flew the airplane back to its base and conducted several prelanding checks while on the 5-mile final approach. He retarded the throttle for landing and noticed the airplane sink. The airplane impacted the ground with the landing gear retracted and skidded to a stop. The airplane then erupted into flames, burning the cockpit and cabin. The pilot did not remember whether or not he extended the landing gear, but he did recall not hearing any warning horns when he retarded the throttles. The landing gear system could not be checked due to the post accident fire damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.