# Accident 20010127001969A: Beech 9555, San Bernadino, CA, January 27, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2001, 12:10 local time
- Place: San Bernadino, CA
- Airport: Norton Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0809° N, 117.2690° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0809&lon=-117.2690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1280Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1280Z-2003-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-55 (registry code 1152702, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 751 total, 370 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010127001969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC AND OWNER OF N12802 WAS RECEIVING COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM THE CFI SECOND PILOT WHEN HE LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 24 AT SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SBD). (.4) ON JANUARY 27, 2001, AT 1210 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BEECH BE-55, N1280Z, LANDED GEAR-UP AT SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS CERTIFICATED STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 BY THE STUDENT/OWNER WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CABLE AIRPORT, UPLAND, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA, AT 1114. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO SAN BERNARDINO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS, THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE AND HAD JUST COMPLETED TWO TOUCH-AND-GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. HE WAS ON HIS THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO TO RUNWAY 24 AT SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN ACCORDING TO HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD OFFICERS THAT HE DID NOT                                HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX01LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA082), Jan 27, 2001: Beech BE-55 (N1280Z), San Bernardino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot under instruction to extend the landing gear during the landing approach. A factor was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

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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