# NTSB ATL83LA369: Beech D45(T-34), N5360G, Louisville, KY, September 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1983, 20:48 local (Sep 14, 1983, 00:48 UTC)
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Coordinates: 38.219333, -85.680473 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2193&lon=-85.6805&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 case key (mKey): 6205
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA369
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6205/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA369

## 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
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45(T-34)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BG-54
- Airframe hours: 11967
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830913051589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830913051589A), Sep 13, 1983: Beech D45, Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Distracted by change of runways failed to relower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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