- Date
- June 23, 1983, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas, ND
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3422BBeech D35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623067949A
- Case key
- 16162
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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 plt stated that after a flt to inspect farm fields he 'made an approach to the arpt and landed with the gear up.' He said he heard the gear warning as he crossed the threshold but interpeted it as a stall warning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3422B
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3660
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley L. Briese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1982 · 86 hours before
- Airport
- ND59 · St. Thomas Municipal, runway 35, 2,400 × 50 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 354 total · 60 in this make and model · 354 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.