- Date
- March 6, 1987, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bismarck, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9025VBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870306005499A
- Case key
- 17172
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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, while at cruise, detected an odor he suspected to be overheated electrical wiring. He diverted to a nearby arpt for a precautionary landing. The plt shutdown all electrical pwr after communication with the twr. Prior to landing, the plt turned on electrical pwr to lower the landing gear by normal procedures. He assumed that the gear was down and locked but did not have a positive indication. The plt did not use the hand crank to verify that the gear was locked. The gear collapsed on touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9025V
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH161
- Airframe hours
- 5,093
- Engine
- Continental IO 520 C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson Construction Co.
- Registered owner
- Johnson Construction Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1986
- Departed
- FAR · Fargo, ND
- Destination
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Airport
- BIS · Bismarck Municipal, runway 13, 8,788 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,029 total · 85 in this make and model · 4,629 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9025V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.