# NTSB LAX01LA082: Beech BE-55, N1280Z, San Bernardino, CA, January 27, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 27, 2001, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC) - Place: San Bernardino, CA - Coordinates: 34.08089, -117.269012 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0809&lon=-117.2690&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 6, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FLT STANDARDS DIST OFC - NTSB case key (mKey): 51409 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA082 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51409/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA082 ## Probable cause The failure of the pilot under instruction to extend the landing gear during the landing approach. A factor was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane was engaged in traffic pattern work and had completed a series of touch-and-go's. On final approach to landing the landing gear was not extended. The pilot under instruction stated he forgot to lower the landing gear. The flight instructor did not recall hearing a gear condition alert. Both the student and instructor noticed the landing gear warning system working as they did their pattern work prior to the accident. The instructor did state that the student was carrying more engine power for this approach. ## Factual narrative On January 27, 2001, at 1210 hours Pacific standard time, a Beech BE-55, N1280Z, landed gear-up at San Bernardino, California. The airplane sustained substantial damage; the certificated flight instructor and his certificated student were not injured. The airplane was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the student/owner when the accident occurred. The local flight originated from Cable Airport, Upland, California, California, at 1114. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. According to San Bernardino Police Department officers, the student stated that he was receiving flight instruction for his commercial certificate and had just completed two touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. He was on his third touch-and-go to runway 24 at San Bernardino International Airport when according to his written statement, he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown. The instructor told officers that he did not hear the gear warning horn prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1280Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1280Z-2003-01-28), registration cancelled 2003-01-28, S/N TC-94, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech BE-55 - Registry model: [Beech 95-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (registry code 1152702) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TC-94 - Airframe hours: 3178 - Engines: Continental IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating; Continental cs-914-84-4-l 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Joseph Edward Wall - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 25, 2000, 83 hours before - Departed: CCB, Upland, CA - Destination: SBD, San Bernardino, CA - Airport: SBD, San Bernardino Internatioanl, runway 24, 10,001 × 180 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 49; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review January 14, 2001; seat: right - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 24, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 751 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 7 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 29.80 inHg - Observed at: KRIV ## 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 20010127001969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010127001969A), Jan 27, 2001: Beech 9555, San Bernadino, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC and owner of N12802 was receiving commercial pilot flight instruction from the CFI second pilot when he landed gear up on runway 24 at san… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.