- Date
- September 8, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Batesville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73KABeech 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870908049969A
- Case key
- 13824
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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 aircraft was approaching hillenbrand airport when the pilot noticed a thunderstorm cell moving in on the airport. The pilot elected to expedite into hillenbrand. During the approach the landing gear was never placed in the extended position. The pilot thought he put the landing gear down, but stated he was 'very busy' during the approach and that his attention was 'focused' outside the aircraft during the landing phase. The aircraft landed with its gear in the retracted position causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73KA
- Reported as
- Beech 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B73
- Airframe hours
- 5,108
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A28, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Preister Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- George J. Priester Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CVG · Covington, KY
- Destination
- HLB · Batesville, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HLB · Hillenbrand, runway 36, 5,000 × 60 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,728 total · 210 in this make and model · 2,040 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.