- Date
- January 28, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N113BBeech D18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830128001629A
- Case key
- 12074
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot landed the aircraft with the landing gear up. He said he put the gear selector down but after landing the lever was up. He also mistook gear up warning horn for a stall warning. No malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113B
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 289
- Airframe hours
- 11,572
- Engine
- P&W R985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skystream Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C65 · Plymouth, runway 28, 3,550 × 100 ft, macadam
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,695 total · 1,020 in this make and model · 1,990 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN
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 N113B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.