- Date
- April 4, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Spring, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N189Cessna T337G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850404011469A
- Case key
- 21716
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not selectedCause
ComplacencyFactor
Checklist - not usedFactor
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Acft landed gear up. Plt stated he simply forgot to lower the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N189
- Reported as
- Cessna T337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P3370209
- Airframe hours
- 2,726
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-C, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brown-Mckee Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- 21X5 · Big Spring Muni, runway 17, 8,800 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,514 total · 3,767 in this make and model · 5,454 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N189 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.