# NTSB CHI87LA210: Beech 100, N73KA, Batesville, IN, September 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Batesville, IN
- Coordinates: 39.290306, -85.209831 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2903&lon=-85.2098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13824/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA210

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73KA-1991-04-09), registration cancelled 1991-04-09, S/N B73 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100
- Registry model: [Beech 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (registry code 1152916) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B73
- Airframe hours: 5108
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870908049969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870908049969A), Sep 8, 1987: Beech 100BEECH, Batesville, IN, Substantial damage. Landed with gear up. Aircraft skidded toward the right and hit a runway light. Pilot distracted by inbound weather.

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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