38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 22, 1979 · 01:48 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N538H
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot retracted gear at decision height on instrument approach for go around, then landed instead, gear up.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT RETRACTED GEAR AT DECISION HEIGHT ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH FOR GO AROUND, THEN LANDED INSTEAD, GEAR UP.