- Date
- April 27, 1987, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5824SBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870427011649A
- Case key
- 7422
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported he forgot to put the ldg gear down. He stated that he was practiciing a short field ldg with the power set at about 15 in. Hg map. He noted that the gear warning system does not function unless the power is at 12 in. Hg map or below. The plt expressed the opinion that the accident could have been prevented if he had performed a 'gump' (gas, undercarriage, mixture, props) check prior to ldg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5824S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC832
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental I0-470 L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William F. Sherman
- Registered owner
- William F. Sherman Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- MLJ · Milledgeville, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 7A1 · Donaldson Center, runway 22, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP, 11 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.