# NTSB DEN08CA083: Beech 76, N928TA, Cleburne, TX, April 28, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 28, 2008, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Cleburne, TX
- Coordinates: 32.35361, -97.433609
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3536&lon=-97.4336&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08CA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67931/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA083

## Probable cause

The failure of the flight instructor and student pilot to extend the landing gear prior to the airplane touching down on the runway.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 76, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=1153005), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)
- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 76, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=1153005), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 76, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1153005), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During the instructional flight, the flight instructor and student pilot were practicing simulated engine failures in the airport traffic pattern.  The flight instructor and student pilot reported that the airplane was configured for landing during the approach.  The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted and came to rest on the runway.  No anomalies were noted with the landing gear system.

## Factual narrative

During the instructional flight, the flight instructor and student pilot were practicing simulated engine failures in the airport traffic pattern.  The flight instructor and student pilot reported that the airplane was configured for landing during the approach.  The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted and came to rest on the runway.  The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured.  Examination of the airplane showed the rear wing spar cap was damaged during contact with the paved runway surface.  During recovery, the landing gear was extended with no anomalies by operating the gear handle.  The Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) was not received by the NTSB investigator-in-charge.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N928TA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N928TA-2009-02-04), registration cancelled 2009-02-04, S/N ME-308, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 76
- Registry model: [Beech 76](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (registry code 1153005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: ME-308
- Engines: Lycoming O-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skymates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: GKY, Arlington, TX
- Destination: CPT, Cleburne, TX
- Airport: CPT, Cleburne Municipal, runway 15

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 38; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 1,400 total, 50 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- Student pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1; flight hours: 197 total, 2 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20080428832269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080428832269A), Apr 28, 2008: Beech 76, Cleburne, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 28, 2008 at 14:30 CST, a Beechcraft 76 duchess, N928TA owned by skymates inc landed with gear retracted during stop-and-go maneuvers while…

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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