- Date
- February 12, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Muncie, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5841SBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860212006649A
- Case key
- 13426
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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.
Analysis
The pilot intentionally landed gear up after an electrical failure and the gear failed to extend normally. The alternator switches were found off after the accident. It was beginning to get dark with ceilings at 2200 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5841S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC839
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Automation & Robotics, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Departed
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Destination
- MIE · Muncie, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIE · Delaware Co-Johnson, runway 32, 6,499 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 311 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.