# NTSB CHI83LA093: Beech D18S, N113B, Plymouth, IN, January 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, IN
- Coordinates: 41.340354, -86.3106 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3404&lon=-86.3106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA093

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113B-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N A-289, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 289
- Airframe hours: 11572
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830128001629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830128001629A), Jan 28, 1983: Beech D18S, Plymouth, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to check indicators and landed aircraft gear up.

## Other investigations on N113B (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW84LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA317), Jul 20, 1984: Beech D-18S (N113B), Mcallen, TX, substantial damage

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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