# NTSB LAX02LA047: Beech 95, N1016T, Kingman, AZ, December 14, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 13, 2001, 17:45 local (Dec 14, 2001, 00:45 UTC) - Place: Kingman, AZ - Coordinates: 35.259445, -113.938056 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2594&lon=-113.9381&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 29, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 53921 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX02LA047 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53921/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA047 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to complete and verify the prelanding checklist and extend the landing gear, which resulted in the gear-up landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - checklist - not verified, pilot in command (cause) - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Fire, landing - airframe - fire ## Analysis The airplane made a gear-up landing during a positioning flight following landing gear maintenance. The airplane had been flown to a maintenance facility for landing gear retraction problems. The landing gear system had been worked on, and the landing gear warning system had been checked. The pilot flew the airplane back to its base and conducted several prelanding checks while on the 5-mile final approach. He retarded the throttle for landing and noticed the airplane sink. The airplane impacted the ground with the landing gear retracted and skidded to a stop. The airplane then erupted into flames, burning the cockpit and cabin. The pilot did not remember whether or not he extended the landing gear, but he did recall not hearing any warning horns when he retarded the throttles. The landing gear system could not be checked due to the post accident fire damage. ## Factual narrative On December 13, 2001, at 1745 mountain standard time, a Beech 95, N1016T, was destroyed by fire following a gear-up landing at Kingman, Arizona. Neither the commercial pilot nor the pilot rated passenger were injured. The airplane was being operated by Sheble Aviation & Flight School, Inc., under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, as a positioning flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan had not been filed for the cross-country flight that originated from Needles, California, at 1715. The airplane had been flown to the Sheble maintenance provider, located in Needles, earlier in the day for a "slow to retract" landing gear problem. According to the maintenance technician, he replaced the retract motor and swung the landing gear several times to check the system, including the landing gear warning horns. A Sheble pilot and a prospective student pilot passenger picked up the airplane. According to the pilot's written statement, he conducted a prelanding check and entered a 5-mile final for runway 03. He stated that he performed a "couple more" landing checks and told the student/passenger about the airspeeds to expect during the different phases of the landing. As the airplane crossed the runway threshold, the pilot pulled the power levers to idle and transitioned to the flare. The pilot noticed that the airplane started to "sink," and he couldn't believe that he had flared that high. He started to inform the passenger that it was going to be a hard landing when the airplane "slammed" down onto the runway. The airplane skidded to a stop, and the pilot noticed flames down by his left leg. He started to tell the passenger to get out of the airplane only to hear the passenger state the same thing. As the pilot and passenger walked away from the airplane, the airplane became engulfed in flames. The pilot stated that he could not remember whether he put the landing gear down or not, but he did mention not noticing any landing gear warning horns during the landing. Post accident photographs of the airplane revealed that the entire cockpit and cabin area had been consumed by fire. Due to the fire damage the landing gear and warning systems could not be tested. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1016T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1016T-2002-05-29), registration cancelled 2002-05-29, S/N TD-108, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 95 - Registry model: [Beech 95](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (registry code 1153402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TD-108 - Airframe hours: 10000 - Engines: Continental IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Registered owner: Sheble Aviation & Flight School Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: EED, Needles, CA - Destination: IGM, Kingman, AZ - Airport: IGM, Kingman, runway 3, 6,831 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review October 27, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 1,382 total, 69 in this make and model, 1,240 as pilot in command, 226 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: IGM ## 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 20011213036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011213036779A), Dec 13, 2001: Beech 95, Kingman, AZ, No damage. (-23) Pilot failed to use aircraft checklist and forgot to lower the landing gear. From the NTSB's public API. 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