# NTSB DEN83LA220: Beech D35, N3422B, St. Thomas, ND, June 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1983, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: St. Thomas, ND
- Coordinates: 48.619121, -97.439819 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6191&lon=-97.4398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16162/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA220

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3422B), registered now, S/N D-3660, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Registry model: [Beech D35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (registry code 1151510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-3660
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830623067949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830623067949A), Jun 23, 1983: Beech D35, St Thomas, ND, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Aircraft landed gear up.

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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