- Date
- December 24, 1984, 15:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4826JBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841224068459A
- Case key
- 21650
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 attempted to extend the landing gear but failed to complete the landing checklist by insuring that the gear were down and locked. The acft landed gear up causing a small post crash fire. The plt had been requested to keep his speed up during the apch. He did not hear a gear warning horn. All 3 landing gear cranked down after recovery of the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4826J
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-C55
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- K.E. Cohlmia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Airport
- SAT · San Antonio International
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.