- Date
- July 18, 1984, 20:05 local (Jul 19, 1984, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Sumter, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2851WBeech 58 E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840718033469A
- Case key
- 6496
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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
Gear extension - not performedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Fatigue(lack of sleep)Factor
Analysis
After a long work day the pilot forgot to extend his landing gear at his destination airport and landed gear up. The pilot reported he has not slept well on the night before the accident and that his attention was diverted by another acft landing ahead of him.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2851W
- Reported as
- Beech 58 E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH 348
- Airframe hours
- 2,210
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C7, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sumter Petroleum Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 5, 1984 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- FLO · Florence, SC
- Airport
- SMS · Sumter Municipal, runway 22, 4,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,720 total · 1,510 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSC, 7 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.