# NTSB CHI88LA175: Beech 35R, N3016V, Manito, IL, July 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1988, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Manito, IL
- Coordinates: 40.420417, -89.77906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4204&lon=-89.7791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14123/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - lowering of flaps - not identified, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL PRBLM WITH THE LANDING GEAR & HAD TO USE MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE SELECTED THE FLAPS FOR LANDING, HE HEARD THE MOTOR RUN, BUT DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THAT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. JUST BEFORE LANDING, AT APRX 20' AGL, THE ACFT 'QUIT FLYING' & LANDED HARD. INITIALLY, THE PLT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY DAMAGE. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE ACFT AFTER THE FLT, HE NOTICED THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, BUT SAID IT WAS HIS HABIT TO RETRACT THEM AUTOMATICALLY ON THE ROLL-OUT. A SUBSEQUENT INSPN REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3016V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3016V-2012-09-05), registration cancelled 2012-09-05, S/N D-418R13, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35R
- Registry model: [Beech 35R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35r) (registry code 1151518) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D418R13
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-185-1 205 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Richard R. Renk
- Registered owner: Renk-Steink-Fish-Hendricks
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1988, 80 hours before
- Departed: 12LL, ELMWOOD, IL
- Airport: 49IL, Shissler Seed Company, runway 9, 2,600 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 944 total, 550 in this make and model, 870 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIA, 21 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 19880726028239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880726028239A), Jul 26, 1988: Beech 35R, Manito, IL, Substantial damage. Dropped aircraft hard onto runway on landing. Had failed to check flaps down. Impact damaged right wing spar.

## Other investigations on N3016V (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 CHI77FEP06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEP06), Nov 20, 1976: Beech V35R (N3016V), Cottage Grove, WI, 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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