Beechcraft A36 N136EH

Summary

On 27 June 2012 at about 00:30 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N136EH, operated by Hatfield Enterprises LLC, was involved in an accident near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. 3 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

27 June 2012 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Lakefront Airport (NEW)

Coordinates

30.0422, -90.0281

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N136EH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hatfield Enterprises LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shreveport → New Orleans

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA434

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The accident pilot reported that he extended the airplane’s landing gear and observed three green lights indicating that the gear was extended before landing. The pilot stated that the airplane touched down, bounced, and then settled on the runway again. The pilot said that during the second touchdown “it felt as thought the gear was not sound,” and he tried unsuccessfully to perform a go-around. The airplane skidded to a stop on the runway. When the accident airplane was removed from the runway after the accident, its landing gear was found in the retracted position, and ground scars on the runway and damage to the airplane’s propellers, landing gear doors, and belly were consistent with the landing gear not being extended before landing. Further, a witness in an airplane flying abeam the accident airplane during its approach to land reported that he did not see its landing gear extended. Postaccident examination revealed no indication of preimpact malfunction or anomaly that would have precluded normal operation of the landing gear. Although an intermittent landing gear horn anomaly was noted during postaccident examination, it could not be determined if that anomaly existed before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.