# Accident 20190313001319A: Beech E-55, St Petersburg, FL, March 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2019, 16:45 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0000° N, 82.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0000&lon=-82.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15VK-2020-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,706 total, 590 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190313001319A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 13, 2019, AT 1645 EST A 1970 BEECH, MODEL E-55, N15VK THAT IS REGISTERED TO SNELL AVIATION, LLC, HAD A GEAR-UP LANDING.  THE PILOT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO  LANDING AT THE ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT IN SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANIALLY DAMAGED DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT ON MARCH 13, 2019.

## 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 ERA19TA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA129), Mar 13, 2019: Beech E55 (N15VK), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

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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