Beechcraft 200 N411BL

Summary

On 11 December 2009 at about 00:56 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N411BL, operated by Butler Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 7 people were 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

11 December 2009 at 00:56

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Lambert-St Louis International (STL)

Coordinates

38.7486, -90.3700

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N411BL

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Butler Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kansas City → St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN10LA076

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to properly follow the manual landing gear extension procedure, 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 reported that the landing gear failed to extend prior to landing. His attempts to manually extend the landing gear in accordance with the manual extension procedure from the airplane flight manual were not successful. He subsequently executed an emergency gear-up landing. A postaccident inspection revealed that the emergency gear engagement handle was not in the engaged position. When the handle was engaged, subsequent movement of the extension lever manually lowered the landing gear. Further examination revealed that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was open (popped). The landing gear motor and circuit breaker were located under the cabin floor aft of the forward wing spar. When the circuit breaker was reset and electrical power applied to the airplane, the landing gear was successfully extended using the normal procedure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.