- Date
- September 16, 2016, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kooskia, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N168BBeech G35
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160916018719A
- Case key
- 94110
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane, his normal approach to the backcountry grass airstrip was to follow the terrain until established on a "5-10 second" final approach. The pilot recalled that there was a 5-knot tailwind at the airstrip during the approach. On final, he increased the flaps, the airspeed was 70 knots, and the airplane touched down on the approach end of the runway. He reported that he did not extend the retractable landing gear and that, following the touchdown, the airplane slid about 1,000 ft down the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage longerons and the firewall. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airframe or engine that would have prevented normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot in the retractable landing gear airplane, his normal approach to the backcountry grass airstrip was to follow the terrain until established on a "5-10 second" final approach. The pilot recalled that there was a five-knot tailwind at the airstrip during the approach. On final, he increased the flaps, the airspeed was 70 knots, and the airplane touched down on the approach end of the runway. However, he reported that he did not extend the retractable landing gear and following the touch down, the airplane slid about 1,000 feet down the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage longerons and the firewall. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airframe or engine, that would have prevented normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N168B
- Reported as
- Beech G35 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-4453
- Built
- 1956
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 2016
- Departed
- 1U1 · Moose Creek, ID
- Destination
- 2U5 · Kooskia, ID
- Airport
- 2U5 · Shearer /Usfs/, runway 18, 2,000 × 15 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS
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
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- February 21, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 7,997.5 total · 4,546.8 in this make and model · 7,714.5 as pilot in command · 69.6 in the last 90 days · 20.8 in the last 30 days · 6.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KP69, 33 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
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 N168B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.