# NTSB ATL84LA037: Beech BE-58P, N3688E, Beaufort, SC, November 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 4, 1983, 16:07 local (21:07 UTC)
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Coordinates: 32.330078, -80.679588 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3301&lon=-80.6796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA037

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VARIOUS ELETRICALLY OPERATED COMPONENTS DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE FLT. DURING DESCENT INTO BEAUFORT, HE LOST THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT AND COMMUNICATED TO ATC BY TRANSPONDER. THE PLT SAID HE PUT THE GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN AND THOUGHT HE SAW GREEN LIGHTS. ON TOUCHDOWN HE HEARD GRINDING NOISES AND THE PROPS HIT. AFTER STOPPING THE GEAR WERE IN THE WELLS AND THE FLAPS WERE UP AND THE COWL FLAPS CLOSED. THE PLT STATED THAT THE GEAR AND FLAP CONTROLS WERE DOWN. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3688E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-58P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TJ-299
- Airframe hours: 224
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-WB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald C. Spann
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: GMU, GREENVILLE, SC
- Destination: 73J, BEAUFORT, SC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 73J, Beaufort Company, runway 6, 3,430 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,534 total, 1,326 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °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 19831104056439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831104056439A), Nov 4, 1983: Beech 58P, Beaufort, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed gear up. Pilot did not use proper procedures to insure gear down and locked.

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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