# NTSB CHI86LA168: Beech BE-58, N9069Q, Indianapolis, IN, July 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1986, 05:20 local (10:20 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Coordinates: 39.730518, -86.290992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7305&lon=-86.2910&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): 13485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13485/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA168

## 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
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT AND WITNESS REPORT THAT GEAR WAS DOWN. HOWEVER, FAA INSPECTORS AND MECHANICS WHO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT STATE THAT THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE FOUND IN THE WHEELS WELLS AND THE RIGHT MAIN WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE LACK OF DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS INDICATED THE LANDING GEAR WERE NOT EXTENDED AT INITIAL IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9069Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9069Q-1996-07-16), registration cancelled 1996-07-16, S/N TH96 (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: TH96
- Airframe hours: 7206
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Pdq Air Service
- Registered owner: Kors Engineering Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CMH, COLUMBUS, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: IND, Indianapolis Int'L, runway 22R, 10,005 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,405 total, 930 in this make and model, 4,260 as pilot in command, 290 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 72 °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 19860709031559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860709031559A), Jul 9, 1986: Beech 58, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to verify gear down before landing. Aircraft landed wheels up.

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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