# NTSB ATL87LA129: Beech 95-B55, N3240Y, Greenville, SC, April 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1987, 23:18 local (Apr 29, 1987, 03:18 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7421
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA129
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7421/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA129

## 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
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - not engaged (cause)
  - gear extension - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,gear warning system - disconnected (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION WHEN THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. HE HAD DISARMED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM BY PULLING THE SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKER BECAUSE IT WAS ACTIVATING AT NORMAL POWER SETTINGS. HE INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO RESET THE GEAR WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER BEFORE LANDING AND RECEIVED NO WARNING THAT HE WAS LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3240Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3240Y), registered now, S/N TC2322 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC2322
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO470L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ronald S. Mc Grath
- Registered owner: Roland Pugh Construction, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SPA, SPARTANBURG, SC
- Airport: GMU, Greenville Downtown, runway 36, 5,393 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,090 total, 170 in this make and model, 4,000 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GSP, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870428012659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428012659A), Apr 28, 1987: Beech 95B55, Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed with the wheels retracted. The pilot had disabled the warning horn and forgot to lower the 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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