# NTSB ATL84LA016: Beech 58, N3971A, Middlesboro, KY, October 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 11, 1983, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Middlesboro, KY
- Coordinates: 36.609134, -83.720352 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6091&lon=-83.7204&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): 6367
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6367/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA016

## 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
  - gear extension - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3971A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3971A-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N TH-6, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6
- Airframe hours: 2462
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C5 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Baron Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 10, 1983, 67 hours before
- Departed: SME, SOMERSET, KY
- Airport: 1A6, Middlesboro, runway 28, 3,630 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,648 total, 202 in this make and model, 4,334 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Incident 19831011067989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831011067989I), Oct 11, 1983: Beech 58, Middlesboro, KY, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot failed to extend the landing gear.

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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