- Date
- February 9, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N211DSBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850209002749A
- Case key
- 6742
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Analysis
Plt making practice coupled ILS apch in VMC. Intercepted localizer outside the outer marker. Held the gear,intending to lower them at om. Continued inbd to dh where he resumed manual control. Observed gear warning lt and heard aural gear warning but failed to recognize their meaning. Touched down with gr up. Plt was the acft owner and had 150 hrs experience in make/model. No safety plt. Passenger was not a plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211DS
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-237
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John R. Price, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CHS · Charleston Intl, runway 33, 9,001 × 200 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 150 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N211DS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.