# NTSB CHI85LA095: Beech BE-58, N8555R, Indianapolis, IN, January 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1985, 02:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Coordinates: 39.729522, -86.289642 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7295&lon=-86.2896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA095

## Sequence of events

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

- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8555R-1995-04-29), registration cancelled 1995-04-29, S/N TH527 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-527
- Airframe hours: 1630
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850124001239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850124001239A), Jan 24, 1985: Beech 58, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed gear up. No mechanical malfunctions found.

## Other investigations on N8555R (2)

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 ATL93LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA063), Mar 24, 1993: Beech 58 (N8555R), Blountville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE INTENTIONAL OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH A PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE SUNGLARE AND…
- [NTSB ANC77DAH11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH11), Aug 20, 1977: Beech 58 (N8555R), Mckinley Park, AK, 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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