# NTSB investigations, IL: Wheels up landing

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 CHI02LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA251.md): Cessna 210L · Lacon, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 2002 · N3UF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper in-flight decision to perform an intentional gear-up precautionary landing instead of continuing to the next available airport. A factor to the accident was the corn crop.
- [NTSB CHI04LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA124.md): Beech 58 · Lansing, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 1, 2002 · N4097S · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's failure to follow the checklist resulting in a landing without the landing gear extended.
- [NTSB CHI02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA016.md): Cessna T210M · Salem, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 2001 · N761UV · Substantial damage
  > The ruptured hydraulic hose.
- [NTSB CHI01FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA084.md): Beech 1900D · Chicago, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 2001 · N97UX · Substantial damage
  > The flightcrew not lowering the landing gear and/or verifying the landing gear position as required by three separate checklists, which resulted in an inadvertent gear-up landing. A factor to the accident was the flightcrew not complying with the required…
- [NTSB CHI00LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA116.md): Beech 58 · Decatur, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 2000 · N9429Q · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear which resulted in the gear-up landing. A factor to the accident was the pilot's failure to complete the landing checklist.
- [NTSB CHI99LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA206.md): Beech 58 · Wheeling, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1999 · N3240R · Substantial damage
  > the landing gear extension not performed by the pilot. A contributing factor was the checklist not followed by the pilot.
- [NTSB CHI99LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA173.md): Aero Commander 500 · Effingham, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 1999 · N711NE · Substantial damage
  > inadvertent wheels-up landing and the checklist not followed by the pilot. The landing gear lever not engaged was an additional cause.
- [NTSB CHI97LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA180.md): Cessna 172RG · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 1997 · N6280R · Substantial damage
  > the pilot inadvertently executed a wheels up landing.
- [NTSB CHI94FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA039.md): Boeing 727-227 · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1993 · N16762 · Substantial damage
  > The captain's failure to assure that the landing gear was extended for landing. Factors related to the accident were: traffic alert distractions, the flight crew's failure to use the checklist, and inadequate company systems training.

## 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  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" = 232)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=232&state=IL

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