- Date
- February 10, 1984, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34CNBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210003649A
- Case key
- 6412
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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
Checklist - not usedFactor
Diverted attentionFactor
Gear extension - not performedCause
Landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative
Analysis
The plt stated he was involved in a discussion with the company president, who was on board, during the landing apch and he failed to use the checklist. The acft was landed gear up. It was later determined the gear up warning horn was inop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34CN
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-743
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Matthews
- Registered owner
- Eastern Agri Brokers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- WD3 · Wilson, NC
- Airport
- MAO · Marion County, runway 22, 4,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,060 total · 1,202 in this make and model · 12,700 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.