# NTSB ANC85LA006: Beech 3NM, N9540, Selawik, AK, October 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1984, 11:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place: Selawik, AK
- Coordinates: 66.590942, -160.019561 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5909&lon=-160.0196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA006

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

MAINTAINING VISUAL SEPARATION WITH OTHER ACFT, FLYING A STRAIGHT-IN APCH INSTEAD OF A CONVENTIONAL PATTERN, AND CONCERN OVER THE LANDING ON A SHORT STRIP INTERFERED WITH THE PLT'S HABIT PATTERN. THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND THE GEAR-UP LANDING RESULTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9540](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9540), registered now, S/N CA-244, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 3NM
- Registry model: [Beech 3NM](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-3nm) (registry code 1151044) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CA-244
- Airframe hours: 7635
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Ryan Air Service, Inc., doing business as Ryan Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Wilfred Ryan & Thomas Lehe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OTZ, KOTZEBUE, AK
- Destination: WLK, SELAWIK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: WLK, Selawik, runway 8, 1,900 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,973 total, 77 in this make and model, 1,481 as pilot in command, 346 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841016060619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841016060619A), Oct 16, 1984: Beech 3NM, Selawik, AK, Substantial damage. Failed to extend gear for landing after straight in approach on short airstrip.

## Other investigations on N9540 (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 WPR12LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA201), May 12, 2012: Beech 3NM (N9540), Pope Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of power in one engine during takeoff, which resulted in a forced landing in a vineyard. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined from the available evidence.

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.

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