19830919050269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 95B55 · Watsonville, CA · September 19, 1983

Date
September 19, 1983 · 11:00 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Airport
Watsonville
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N18ER
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LVM11
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,030 total800 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was distracted during landing approach and raised gear and then forgot to lower gear the second time.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DISTRACTED DURING LANDING APPROACH AND RAISED GEAR AND THEN FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR THE SECOND TIME.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N18ER · 1

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