- Date
- January 24, 1985, 02:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8555RBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850124001239A
- Case key
- 12993
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated the landing gear was lowered on final apch at an airspeed of 148 KTS and a gear down & locked indication was received. Plt continued to state the acft settled closer to the rwy then usual during the landing flare and when the acft was nearing a complete stop, a gear unsafe warning light illuminated. The acft contacted the rwy with the landing gear in the retracted position. (Gear doors were not damaged.) Post accident examination failed to disclose any discrepancies in the landing gear system and the gear operated normally during extension/retraction tests.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8555R
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-527
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Donald G. Fleishman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis Int'L, runway 22, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,198 total · 583 in this make and model · 2,824 as pilot in command · 399 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
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 N8555R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.