# NTSB CHI85LA195: Beech 58, N29CP, Terre Haute, IN, May 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1985, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TERRE HAUTE RGNL (HUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&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): 13065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13065/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS ON RWY 13, THEN ELECTED TO MAKE ANOTHER ON RWY 5. HE STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED ON DOWNWIND & A SAFE GEAR INDICATION WAS RECEIVED. HOWEVER, THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PLT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING HORN WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO IDLE JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO PREIMPACT GEAR PROBLEMS, EXCEPT THE WARNING HORN WAS INOP DUE TO A BAD MICRO-SWITCH & A BROKEN ELECTRICAL WIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29CP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29CP), registered now, S/N TH-33, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-33
- Airframe hours: 3479
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Britt Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 11, 1984, 168 hours before
- Departed: 3I3, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Airport: HUF, Holman Feild, runway 5, 9,025 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,021 total, 2 in this make and model, 883 as pilot in command, 231 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HUF

## 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 19850507015599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850507015599A), May 7, 1985: Beech 58, Terre Haute, IN, Substantial damage. Forgot to lower landing gear, landed gear up. Landing gear warning horn may have been inoperative.

## Other investigations on N29CP (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 CHI86LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA163), Jun 28, 1986: Beech 58 (N29CP), Terre Haute, IN, 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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