- Date
- February 17, 1985, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Belen, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6381FCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850217008029A
- Case key
- 16637
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Analysis
The acft landed gear up during a practice of touch and go landings. The private plt changed his choice of rwys during the approach. In a post accident interview he stated that he raised the lndg gear & forgot to re-extend it after wstablishing a new approach pattern for the next lndg on rwy 03. The previous lndgs were on rwy 21. The wind was reported as from 360 degs at 05 KTS with gusts to 10 KTS. The plt reported on his written form that there was 'not much wind and no traffic'. His recommendation--'never fail to do a gump check before landing'. This accident occurred at an uncontrolled (unmanned/non-existant twr) arpt.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6381F
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370381
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Centerline Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1984
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- E80 · Alexander, runway 3, 4,800 × 60 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 273 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.