# NTSB ATL97LA049: Cessna 441, N423TG, Madison, MS, March 9, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1997, 18:55 local (Mar 9, 1997, 00:55 UTC)
- Place: Madison, MS
- Location: 32.4387° N, 90.1031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRUCE CAMPBELL FLD (MBO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4387&lon=-90.1031&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 30, 1998
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL97LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3830/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA049

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to follow the landing checklist, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - light condition - dark night
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, he received an instrument flight clearance to Madison. During arrival to the airport area at night, the flight was cleared for a visual approach. The flight and Air Traffic Control handling of the approach were normal. The pilot reported that during the approach to land, he forgot to extend the landing gear. Subsequently, a gear-up landing was made. The pilot also stated that there was no mechanical problem with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On March 8, 1997, at 1855 central standard time, a Cessna 441, N423TG, landed with the landing gear retracted on runway 35 at the Bruce Campbell Field, in Madison, Mississippi. The business flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot and the four passengers were not injured. The flight departed Drew, Mississippi, at 1800.

According to the pilot, they received an instrument flight clearance to Madison. The flight and Air Traffic Control handling of the approach was normal. Upon arriving in the airport area, the flight was cleared for a visual approach. As the flight entered left traffic for the landing, the pilot reported that, he forgot to extend the landing gear during the final approach to land. The pilot also stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N423TG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 441
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 441-0200
- Airframe hours: 1525
- Engines: Garrett TPE-331-8-401 635 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Blackwell Chevrolet Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 24, 1996, 50 hours before
- Departed: M37, DREW, MS
- Destination: MBO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MBO, Bruce Campbell Field, runway 35, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 24,000 total, 240 in this make and model, 23,900 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAN, 15 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 19970308005909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970308005909A), Mar 8, 1997: Cessna 441, Madison, MS, Substantial damage. PIC over looked extending landing gear prior landing. (-23) pilot made gear up landing.

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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