- Date
- April 19, 1983, 22:12 local (Apr 20, 1983, 04:12 UTC)
- Place
- Peoria, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2046WBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830419015919A
- Case key
- 12135
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark night
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Analysis
Plt forgot to lower landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2046W
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F334
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Overlock Howe Consulting Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 16, 1982
- Departed
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Airport
- 3MY · Mt. Hawley, runway 17, 2,812 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 721 total · 644 in this make and model · 609 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N2046W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.