# NTSB CHI04LA124: Beech 58, N4097S, Lansing, IL, May 1, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 1, 2002, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC) - Place: Lansing, IL - Coordinates: 41.534999, -87.529441 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5350&lon=-87.5294&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 24, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA-Dupage FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 59378 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04LA124 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59378/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=59378 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA124 ## Probable cause The flight crew's failure to follow the checklist resulting in a landing without the landing gear extended. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - lack of certification, pilot in command(cfi) - landing gear - not deployed, flightcrew (cause) - checklist - not followed, flightcrew (cause) ## Analysis The airplane was damaged during a wheels-up landing. The flight was a non-revenue dual-instruction flight and the left seat pilot was flying the airplane at the time of the accident. The instructor, seated in the right seat, did not possess a multi-engine flight instructor rating. In a notarized questionnaire, the left seat pilot stated that the accident, "...would not have happened had each of us been alone. We got involved with each other and we both missed the final check." The repair work order did not list any landing gear components that were repaired or replaced. ## Factual narrative On May 1, 2002, about 1505 central daylight time, a Beech BE58, N4097S, was substantially damaged during a wheels-up landing on runway 09 (3,395 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at the Lansing Municipal Airport, Lansing, Illinois. The 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight was being conducted by an airline transport pilot seated in the right seat and a commercial pilot seated in the left seat. It was reported that the right seat pilot was providing flight instruction to the left seat pilot. Neither pilot was injured. The flight originated from Detroit, Michigan, at an undetermined time. The extent of the aircraft damage was originally reported to have been minor. The National Transportation Safety Board was not informed of the true extent of the damage until April of 2004. A work order provided by the aircraft owner indicates that the repairs to the airplane included lower fuselage skins, angles, stiffeners, and stringers. No repairs or replacement of landing gear components was indicated on the work order. As of August 20, 2004, the right seat pilot has not submitted a report of the accident. The aircraft owner provided a notarized questionnaire signed by the pilot that was seated in the left seat. The left seat pilot stated that the airplane was landed with the landing gear still in the retracted position. He also stated that he was the pilot flying the airplane and receiving dual-instruction on a non-revenue flight when the accident occurred. The left seat pilot stated that the accident, "...would not have happened had each of us been alone. We got involved with each other and we both missed the final check." At the time of the accident, the pilot-in-command did not possess a multi-engine flight instructor rating. At the time of the accident, both pilot's possessed pilot certificates with multi-engine ratings. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4097S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4097S-2011-06-28), registration cancelled 2011-06-28, S/N TH-601, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 58 - Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH-601 - Engines: Continental IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Northeast Aviation Inc - Registered owner: Rattlesden, Ltd - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: DTW, Detroit, MI - Destination: IGQ, Lansing, IL - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: IGQ, Lansing Municipal, runway 09, 3,395 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 60; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 7,000 total - Student pilot; age 45; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,050 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 12 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 7,500 ft broken - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.69 inHg - Observed at: MDW, 18 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). - [Incident 20020501020839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020501020839I), May 1, 2002: Beech 58, Chicago, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot in command was occupying the right seat and giving multiengine dual instruction. The pilot in the left seat was manipulating the controls and… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2004, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=59378. 675 KB in all. - Questionnaire of Left Seat Pilot (item 1, .PDF, 429 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436511&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Questionnaire%20of%20Left%20Seat%20Pilot-Redacted.PDF - Maintenance Records of Repairs (item 2, .PDF, 246 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436512&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Maintenance%20Records%20of%20Repairs-Redacted.PDF 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. 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