# NTSB FTW84LA202: Cessna 500, N92FA, Oklahoma City, OK, April 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1984, 14:33 local (20:33 UTC)
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Coordinates: 35.55017, -97.559478 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5502&lon=-97.5595&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): 21312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21312/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA202

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, check pilot (contributing factor)
  - crew/group coordination - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, check pilot (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A PROFICIENCY FLT CHECK, THE AIRCREW WAS MAKING A N0-FLAP LANDING. AFTER COMPLETING THE LANDING CHECKLIST DOWN TO THE LANDING GEAR, POWER WAS REDUCED CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR AUDIBLE WARNING TO SOUND. THE HORN SILENCE SWITCH WAS DEPRESSED & THE APCH WAS CONTINUED. DUE TO THE LOW POWER THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE NO-FLAP APCH, THE THROTTLE WAS NEVER ADVANCED SUFFICIENTLY TO RESET THE WARNING HORN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER SLIDING TO A STOP, A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE ERUPTED IN THE BELLY OF THE ACFT, BUT ARPT PERSONNEL QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED IT. THE PLT BEING CHECKED SAID HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A CONVERSATION CONCERNING ENG FIRE PROCEDURES. ALSO, HE THOUGHT THE CHECK PLT HAD CALLED THAT THE LANDING CHECK WAS COMPLETE. THE CHECK PLT STATED THAT HE HAD CALLED ONLY THE NO-FLAP CHECKLIST COMPLETE WITH THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST COMPLETE DOWN TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE PROFICIENCY FLT WAS BEGUN ON A SHORT NOTICE WHEN ANOTHER CHECK PLT COULD NOT BE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92FA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92FA-1990-04-18), registration cancelled 1990-04-18, S/N 5000068 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500
- Registry model: [Cessna 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (registry code 2076602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 500-068
- Airframe hours: 4300
- Engines: P&W JT150-1A 2200 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: International Jet Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: OKC, Will Rogers, runway 35L, 9,800 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; flight instructor, airline transport, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,658 total, 413 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 89 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OKC

## 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 19840417057179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840417057179A), Apr 17, 1984: Cessna 500CESSNA, Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Failed to complete gear down portion of pre landing checklist during a no flap landing. Landed gear up.

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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