# NTSB ERA24LA354: Beech 300, N600KA, Asheboro, NC, August 19, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 19, 2024, 08:58 local (12:58 UTC)
- Place: Asheboro, NC
- Coordinates: 35.655069, -79.896499
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6551&lon=-79.8965&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA354
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194972/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194972
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA354

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=1152930), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=1152930), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1152930), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Beech 300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=1152930), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while in the airport traffic pattern to land, there were several other airplanes in the area, and he was distracted as he tried to keep track of them. He could not recall extending the airplane’s landing gear before landing. An airport security video showed that that the airplane approached the runway and landed with the landing gear retracted. The underside of the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident. Following the accident, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane. Due to damage sustained to the airplane during the accident, the landing gear were unable to be extended normally, but once they were manually extended, the position indicating system operated normally.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N600KA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600KA-2025-04-25), registration cancelled 2025-04-25, S/N FA-143, built 1988 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300
- Registry model: [Beech 300](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (registry code 1152930) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: FA-143
- Year built: 1988
- Airframe hours: 6286
- Engines: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 1050 horsepower turbo prop; P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 1050 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, May 9, 2024, 47.2 hours before
- Departed: GRD, Greenwood, SC
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HBI, Asheboro Rgnl, runway 3, 5,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 27, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 22,440 total, 2,047 in this make and model, 21,840 as pilot in command, 268 in the last 90 days, 89 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: HBI
- METAR: KHBI 191305Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2987 RMK AO2 T02150190

## 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 20240819017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240819017419A), Aug 19, 2024: Beech 300, Asheboro, NC, Substantial damage. Subject aircraft landed at khbi with aircraft lower fuselage contacting the runway 3 veering left and exiting the runway coming to a stop approximately 200…

## Docket (6 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194972. 7.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17653313&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 82 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17633393&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memo%20for%20record-pilot-Rel.pdf
- FAA inspector's statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 95 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17689329&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memo%20for%20record-FAA%20statement-Rel.pdf
- Airport security video (item 4, DAV, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17575448&FileExtension=dav&FileName=NVR_ch5_main_20240819085446_20240819085523-Rel.dav
- Investigative photos (item 5, PDF, 4 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17574736&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos-Rel.pdf
- Memo-recovery team (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 86 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17691134&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memo%20for%20record-recovery%20team-Rel.pdf

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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