Beechcraft 95-B55 N127F

Summary

On 15 September 2005 at about 18:00 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N127F, operated by Curtis Norton, was involved in an accident near Porterville, California, 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

15 September 2005 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Porterville, California, United States

Nearest airport

Porterville (PTV)

Coordinates

36.0381, -119.0714

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N127F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Curtis Norton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Big Piney → Porterville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05CA304

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing and ribs were damaged in the belly section of the airplane. He initially entered the landing pattern for runway 12, which was the active runway in use. After the pilot was established in the pattern, the wind changed and an airplane departed runway 30. The pilot decided to change his landing pattern and crossed midfield where he entered the downwind leg of the traffic pattern for runway 30. Upon entering the downwind leg of the traffic pattern for runway 30, the pilot retracted the landing gear to decrease the required engine performance for the airplane. The pilot turned base and then final while extending the flaps and failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing on the runway. No mechanical anomalies were reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.