- Date
- September 13, 1983, 20:48 local (Sep 14, 1983, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5360GBeech D45(T-34)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830913051589A
- Case key
- 6205
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Gear extension - inadvertentCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Analysis
About 5 mi out, tower approved a straight-in for rwy 1. After the plt extended the landing gear, the tower then suggested rwy 6. The plt retracted the gear & began to set up for rwy 6. However, since another acft was beginning to set up for rwy 19, the plt decided to land on rwy 1. The plt stated he simply forgot to relower the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5360G
- Reported as
- Beech D45(T-34)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BG-54
- Airframe hours
- 11,967
- Engine
- Continental O-470-4, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- BRY · Bardstown, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LOU · Bowman Field, runway 1, 3,677 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,276 total · 48 in this make and model · 1,219 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.