Beechcraft F33A N266DC

Summary

On 13 June 2009 at about 13:40 local time, a Beechcraft F33A registered N266DC, operated by Enviro-Tec Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Rock Hill, South Carolina, 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

13 June 2009 at 13:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Rock Hill (UZA)

Coordinates

34.9878, -81.0572

Aircraft

Beechcraft F33A

Registration

N266DC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Enviro-Tec Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenville → Rock Hill

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA342

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to correctly extend the landing gear before landing.

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

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The pilot completed the before-landing check on left base leg by lowering the landing gear and extending approach flaps. He did not verify that the landing gear handle was in the full down position. The pilot turned onto final approach, lowered the flaps to the full down position, and did not verify the landing gear handle was in the full down position. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed on the landing rollout, followed by the main landing gear. The pilot raised the flaps as the airplane started to skid down the runway. The airplane came to a complete stop and the pilot observed that the landing gear handle was not in the full down position. Examination of the airplane by maintenance personnel revealed no mechanical defects with the landing gear or the landing gear selector switch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.