# NTSB DEN85LA080: Cessna 337, N6381F, Belen, NM, February 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1985, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Belen, NM
- Coordinates: 34.649284, -106.770668 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6493&lon=-106.7707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA080

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - conflicting, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6381F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6381F-1997-08-21), registration cancelled 1997-08-21, S/N 3370381 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (registry code 2075704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3370381
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850217008029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217008029A), Feb 17, 1985: Cessna 337A, Belen, NM, Substantial damage. Takeoff and landings on both runways 3 and 21. Forgot to extend landing gear, landed gear up.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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