# NTSB ERA25LA083: Beech B95A, N755RP, Murray, KY, December 19, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: December 19, 2024, 15:50 local (21:50 UTC) - Place: Murray, KY - Coordinates: 36.664412, -88.372267 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6644&lon=-88.3723&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 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): 199459 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA083 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199459/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199459 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA083 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing. Contributing was the designated pilot examiner’s inadequate monitoring and lack of remedial action. ## 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 B95A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=1153406), [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 B95A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=1153406), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520): Personnel issues › Psychological · Designated examiner (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B95A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md?model=1153406), [All aircraft, 330 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B95A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1153406), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was completing his multi-engine checkride with a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). The DPE had configured the airplane for a simulated single-engine landing. The DPE recalled the pilot calling out an extension of the landing gear, but the pilot did not remember putting the landing gear down and nor verifying that it was extended. Neither pilot nor DPE recalled hearing the landing gear position warning horn before touchdown. The airplane touched down on the runway with the landing gear retracted and slid down the runway on the underside of the fuselage, substantially damaging it. A postaccident examination of the landing gear system revealed that the landing gear position warning horn was functioning normally. Neither pilot reported that there were any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane were reported that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N755RP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N755RP), registered now, S/N TD-487, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B95A - Registry model: [Beech B95A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95a) (registry code 1153406) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TD-487 - Year built: 1961 - Engines: LYCOMING IO360 SER 180 horsepower reciprocating; LYCOMING IO360 SER 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Skyview Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Skyview Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Airport: CEY, Kyle-Oakley Fld, runway 23, 6,202 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 43; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 27, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 4,628 total, 154 in this make and model, 4,056 as pilot in command, 76 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 17, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 6,838 total, 7.7 in this make and model, 3,712 as pilot in command, 24.7 in the last 90 days, 11.9 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: PHT, 20 nm away - METAR: KPHT 192005Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 08/01 A3021 RMK A01 ## 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 20241219019299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241219019299A), Dec 19, 2024: Beech B95A, Murray, KY, Substantial damage. During a routine airman examination for added rating and during an simulated engine out procedure in the traffic pattern the pilot circled the pateren with one… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 13, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199459. 16.1 MB in all. - Pilot aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18193518&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120.1_Gradert_Redacted1-Rel.pdf - DPE aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18193597&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form%20Williams_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18192951&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Video file, landing gear position horn postaccident functional test (item 4, MP4, 10.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18196682&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=8f46c31a-081e-489b-8241-7938dcd8ecd9-Rel.mp4 From the NTSB's public API. 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