# Accident 20111018026599A: Beech D17S, Phoenix, AZ, October 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2011, 08:11 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4342° N, 112.0114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4342&lon=-112.0114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44562, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44562) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D17S (registry code 1150538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d17s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- Reported engine: P&W PNW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018026599A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2011, N44562, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 7R AT THE PHOENIX SKYHARBOR AIRPORT.  THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION INSPECTOR SCHENEWARK AND INSPECTOR MILLER INSPECTED THE DAMAGE TO N44562 AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DONE TO THE WING SPARS ON BOTH LOWER WINGS.  THE INCIDENT WAS THEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.  ALSO DURING THE INVESTIGATION INSPECTOR SCHENEWARK INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE GEAR UP LANDING, TO WHICH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED THAT HE JUST "FORGOT" TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK FULL RESPONSIBLITY FOR FORGETTING TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THERE WERE NO OTHER POTENTIAL CAUSES NOTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT WOULD CAUSE THE GEAR TO NOT COME DOWN WHEN SELECTED.

## 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 WPR12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA016), Oct 18, 2011: Beech D17S (N44562), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

## Other reports on N44562 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170803015729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170803015729A), Aug 3, 2017: Beech D17S (N44562), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. On August 3, 2017, at approximately 1110 hours (MST), N44562, a Beechcraft D17S staggerwing sustained major damage during landing rollout at Colorado Springs…

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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