- Date
- February 13, 1990, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9582QBeech V35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900213002119A
- Case key
- 14631
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to extend the gear, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels-up landing.
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/aircraft owner flew the aircraft from its home base to a local airport (8 mi southwest) to have some avionics work accomplished. During the landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with the gear retracted. A post-accident exam of the cockpit revealed the landing gear handle was in the 'up' position. The pilot indicated that he could not recall extending the gear prior to touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9582Q
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8213
- Airframe hours
- 3,994
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA3, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Plath, Gerald R.
- Registered owner
- Plath, Gerald R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 20, 1989 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- DPA
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage County, runway 10, 4,001 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 274 total · 24 in this make and model · 274 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9582Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.