# NTSB investigations, 1987: Gear not extended NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB MIA88IA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA068.md): Beech 99 · Tampa, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 1987 · N6724D · Minor damage > The commuter air carrier crew received an unsafe nose gear indication on final approach. The approach was abandoned and all efforts to use the emergency extension procedures were to no avail. The crew secured both engines on final and landed nose gear up.… - [NTSB MIA88FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA058.md): Embraer EMB 120 · Columbus, MS · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 10, 1987 · N232AS · Substantial damage > The acft landed gear up while on a training flight, the crew stated that they had completed 2 hours of training when the first officer requested a single engine no flap approach demonstration. Both pilots stated that during this demonstration they neglected… - [NTSB NYC88LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA055.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · White Plains, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 7, 1987 · N866Q · Substantial damage > The cross country business flight was uneventful from concord, new hampshire to White Plains, new york under clear sky. During final approach, the pilot extended the gear but did not notice that the circuit breaker had opened and the gear was not lowered. The… - [NTSB MIA88IA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA052.md): Beech 58 · Vicksburg, MS · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1987 · N3012W · Minor damage > While on a part 135 on-demand domestic passenger flt, the acft landed gear up. The plt stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear. There was no mechanical failure or malfunction. - [NTSB MIA88LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA047.md): Cessna 210 · Quincy, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 1987 · N9492T · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he performed a prelanding check on final apch but failed to lower the landing gear. He continued the apch, & just prior to touchdown, was advised that the gear was not down. The apch to landing was continued & the acft slid to a stop. He… - [NTSB DEN88LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA027.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Broomfield, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 1987 · N7291P · Substantial damage > The private pilot was flying to build time. After an hour of flight, the plt returned to the home airport and attempted to land. Landing gear would not extend properly and manual gear extension did not help. All gear was partially extended and would not… - [NTSB MIA88LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA043.md): North American 500 · San Juan, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1987 · N4111P · Substantial damage > While on a part 135 non-scheduled domestic passenger flt in VFR conditions, the plt landed the acft gear up. Operational check of the landing gear & warning horn revealed no failure or malfunction. - [NTSB CHI88LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA022.md): Piper PA-30B · Decatur, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 1987 · N7865Y · Substantial damage > The aircraft experienced a landing with the gear retracted. The pilot stated that he perceived the yellow light indication for the landing gear to mean 'down', instead of looking for a green light. - [NTSB MIA88FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA024.md): Beech C-55 · Brookhaven, MS · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1987 · N640B · Destroyed > The pilot of the twin engine aircraft landed with vis 1/2 mile in fog and realized he had landed long. He executed a go-around and on the second landing forgot to lower the landing gear. The propellers stuck the runway and severely damaged one propeller. He… - [NTSB MIA88LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA022.md): Mooney M20F · Vero Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1987 · N413HM · Substantial damage > Plt stated that while turning final approach he believes he placed the landing gear handle in the down position and observed red gear intransit lights. He was occupied by a strong wind for the landing and never checked for a gear down and safe indication. The… - [NTSB ATL88LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA005.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Collegedale, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1987 · N5988P · Substantial damage > The airplane touched down while the ldg gear were extending. A witness reported that the acft began the ldg flare with the gear completely retracted, and that the gear began to extend when the airplane was 3-4 ft above the rwy. The main ldg gear contacted the… - [NTSB BFO88IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88IA001.md): Fokker F-28-MK-1000 · Baltimore, MD · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1987 · N288N · Minor damage > The acft had a main gear only landing after the nose gear failed to lock down. This was the first flight since a newly overhauled nose gear was installed. It was determined that when the nose gear was installed and before it was corrected, a wrong washer was… - [NTSB MKC87LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA178.md): Aero Commander 500B · Kansas City, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1987 · N192CA · Substantial damage > The pilot was on approach to Kansas City international when he was requested to slow down and follow another aircraft. He used his checklist and decided to leave the gear up until he was closer to the airport. On short final he extended the flaps but failed… - [NTSB CHI87LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA220.md): Cessna 172RG · Pinckneyville, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1987 · N9543B · Substantial damage > According to the instructor (CFI), he & the student confirmed the gear was extended & locked as they entered the traffic pattern. Flaps were extended & they contd in the pattern to practice a short field landing technique. Power was reduced after crossing… - [NTSB FTW87LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA218.md): Beech 58 · Guthrie, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1987 · N4274A · Substantial damage > The pilot failed to ensure that the landing gear was down and locked. The aircraft landed gear up and received substantial damage. The gear was lowered normally after the aircraft was lifted from the runway. - [NTSB CHI87LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA210.md): Beech 100 · Batesville, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1987 · N73KA · Substantial damage > The aircraft was approaching hillenbrand airport when the pilot noticed a thunderstorm cell moving in on the airport. The pilot elected to expedite into hillenbrand. During the approach the landing gear was never placed in the extended position. The pilot… - [NTSB DEN87LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA185.md): Piper PA-30 · Grandforks, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1987 · N7722Y · Substantial damage > The commercial plt was flying cross country on a personal flight. After takeoff during gear retraction, a loud noise was heard in the cockpit. Upon reaching the first destination, the plt attempted gear down but gear did not extend. Manual extension was… - [NTSB LAX87LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA262.md): Piper PA-31T2 · Novato, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1987 · N38WA · Substantial damage > At the end of a cross country flt, the plt reported that he had extended the landing gear aprx 5 miles from the arpt and lowered partial flaps. Aprx 2 miles from the arpt the plt made shallow s turns for spacing and extended the rest of the flaps. The plt… - [NTSB ATL87IA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87IA163.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Birmingham, AL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1987 · N56657 · Minor damage > The pilot reported that during a landing, he forgot to extend the landing gear. He was wearing a 'dave clark' headset with earplugs & did not hear the landing gear warning horn. During a subsequent check of the landing gear, it operated normally. - [NTSB LAX87LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA164.md): Beech S35 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1987 · N13W · Substantial damage > The aircraft door came open during the initial climb after takeoff because it was not properly closed and locked. The pilot raised the landing gear. Thereafter, because of slow acceleration, he elected to land on the remaining runway. He moved the landing… - [NTSB BFO87FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA024.md): Cessna R-182 · Martinsburg, WV · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1987 · N756KZ · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he forgot to make a final before lndg check because he was concentrating on traffic and the short lndg he had been requested to make. Twr personnel violated USAF procedures when they requested that the acft hold short of the east-west rwy… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1987 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 196) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=196&year=1987 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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