- Date
- April 26, 2019, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- St Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3733DBeech 76
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190426003429A
- Case key
- 99342
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Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction's failure to extend the landing gear. Contributing to the accident were the pilot receiving instruction's failure to complete the landing checklist and the flight instructor's inadequate monitoring of the pilot.
Findings · 5
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
The flight instructor reported that, during the instructional flight, the pilot receiving instruction was practicing an engine-out landing. The landing checklist was called, but due to "wind effects," the landing gear were not extended. The airplane touched down on the runway centerline with the landing gear retracted. The airplane slid left, exited the runway, and impacted a landing light. The lower fuselage longerons were substantially damaged.
Factual narrative
The flight instructor reported that during the instructional flight accomplishing takeoffs and landings, during the seventh landing, the landing checklist was called, but due to the "wind effects", the landing gear was not extended. During the approach, the airplane was configured with the left engine operating normally while the right engine was operating to simulate zero thrust. The airplane touched down on the runway centerline with the landing gear retracted. The airplane slid to the left, exited the runway, and impacted a landing light fixture. The lower fuselage longerons were substantially damaged. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3733D
- Reported as
- Beech 76 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-362
- Built
- 1980
- Engines
- Lycoming O&VO-360 SER, reciprocatingLycoming O&VO-360 SER, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dury Aviation Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Dury Aviation Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SET · St Charles, MO
- Destination
- SET · St Charles, MO
- Airport
- SET · St Charles County Smartt, runway 27, 2,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 17 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KSET
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 16, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 440 KB 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.