Beechcraft A36 N67CD

Summary

On 29 June 2018 at about 21:30 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N67CD, operated by Reeder Airlines LLC, was involved in an accident near Spencer, Iowa, United States. 2 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

29 June 2018 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Spencer, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Spencer Muni (SPW)

Coordinates

43.1656, -95.2028

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N67CD

Category

Airplane

Year built

1990

Engines

1

Operator

Reeder Airlines LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sioux City → Spencer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA412

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s failure to use the Before Landing checklist due to being distracted while communicating with other aircraft and controlling the airplane in the gusting wind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot in the retractable-landing gear-equipped airplane, he did not extend the landing gear before landing. He reported that he became distracted while communicating with other aircraft and controlling the airplane in the gusting wind conditions. Further, he did not realize that what he perceived as the stall warning horn was actually the landing gear unsafe warning horn. He added that the accident could have been prevented by repeating his GUMPFS checklist on final and checking to ensure that the three green landing gear safe lights were illuminated. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage bulkheads and spar carry-through. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.