# Accident 19990316041319A: Beech 58, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1999, 03:00 local time
- Place: Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.7466° N, 64.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christiansted, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7466&lon=-64.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,859 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990316041319A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4) THE FLIGHT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 09 IN A FLAT ATTITUDE, AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, STRIKING THE LIGHTS AT THE ARRIVAL END OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST. THERE WAS NO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AIRPLANE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THAT INDICATED THE PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT SAID, '...AFTER TURNING FINAL APPROACH...I COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK AND SELECTED GEAR DOWN POSITION WITH A GREEN LIGHT.  OVER THE RUNWAY, I CLOSED THE THROTTLES FOR TOUCHDOWN WHEN THERE WAS A THUMP AND THE AIRCRAFT DIPPED TO THE LEFT, THEN SKIDDED ON IT'S BELLY TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OFF THE RUNWAY IN GRASS.'  EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.  THE FAA INSPECTOR WROTE IN HIS MEMORANDUM TO THE NTSB, '...IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT THE PILOT DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS OR SCRATCH MARKS AT THE DOORS WHICH INDICATED THE PILOT NEVER DID LOWER THE GEAR.  ALL DAMAGE WAS IN THE STRUCTURE (AIRFRAME)....'

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA106), Mar 16, 1999: Beech 58 (N6CH), St Croix, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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