# Accident 20160318004419A: Beech 58, Huntsville, AL, March 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2016, 12:44 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville International-Carl T Jones F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6372° N, 86.7750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6372&lon=-86.7750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N358CB-2017-02-27) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 432 total, 432 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160318004419A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO APPROACHES.  ON THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR BEING EXTENDED.

## 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 GAA16CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA161), Mar 18, 2016: Beech 58 (N358CB), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown resulting in a landing with the landing gear retracted and consequent substantial damage.

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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