- Date
- March 5, 1982, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18320Beech B58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820305002319A
- Case key
- 71082
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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
While on final approach to memorial airport the pilot stated that he heard another pilot announce that he was turning right base for landing on the active runway. The pilot on final became distracted while looking for the other aircraft and forgot to lower his landing gear. The tower was not operational.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18320
- Reported as
- Beech B58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH 849
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Continental IO-52O-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack H. Cox
- Registered owner
- Jack H. Cox
- Departed
- BKD · Breckenridge, TX
- Destination
- Fruit Vale, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOT · Memorial Field, runway 5, 6,100 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 2,580 total · 2,580 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.