Beechcraft V35B N2167L

Summary

On 27 June 2004 at about 12:30 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N2167L was involved in an accident near Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, 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

27 June 2004 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Stennis International Airport (KHSA)

Coordinates

30.3678, -89.4547

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35B

Registration

N2167L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mobile → Bay Saint Louis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA04LA102

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pilot to verify the landing gear was extended prior to touchdown resulting in a gear-up landing.

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

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The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport where he descended to traffic pattern altitude and entered the downwind leg at a normal 45-degree entry. When abeam the numbers during the downwind leg, he placed the landing gear selector handle to the down position and observed three green lights. He also reported that the airplane slowed as though the extended gear drag was present. The rest of the approach was what he considered typical and at no time was there any indication that something was "amiss." After a typical final approach he reduced power to idle and entered ground effect, then during the flare approximately 2-5 feet above the runway surface, he heard the gear warning horn sound but it was not until the propeller contacted the runway surface did he realize, "...the gear must not have been locked, or must have cycled back into the up position." The airplane came to rest on the right side of the runway. The pilot further stated that after the airplane was raised from the runway, all landing gears were in their respective wheel wells with the doors fully closed. He then entered the cockpit, noted the landing gear motor circuit breaker was popped, and cycled the landing gear selector handle from the down to the up then down position. He then pushed in the landing gear motor circuit breaker, turned on the master switch, and the landing gear extended. The airplane was then towed to the hangar. Following recovery of the airplane the airplane, it was placed on jacks and in the presence of an FAA airworthiness inspector, six complete landing gear retraction checks were performed with no discrepancies noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.