# NTSB LAX06CA119: Beech 95, N2096C, Kingman, AZ, February 17, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 16, 2006, 18:00 local (Feb 17, 2006, 01:00 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 May 30, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 63246 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA119 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63246/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA119 ## Probable cause the flight instructor's failure to perform the before landing checklist and extend the landing gear prior to touchdown. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention with another airplane that had departed from the opposite runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - checklist - not followed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - diverted attention, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis The certified flight instructor (CFI) forgot to lower the landing gear and landed the airplane with the gear retracted. He reported that while he was setting up for a touch-and-go landing he became distracted with another airplane that departed on the opposite runway and made a turn directly into their flight path. He forgot to extend the landing gear and failed to verify the landing gear's position while transitioning through the traffic pattern. ## Factual narrative On February 16, 2006, at 1800 mountain standard time, a Beech 95 multiengine airplane, N2096C, was substantially damaged during a gear up landing on runway 3 at the Kingman Airport, Kingman, Arizona. The airplane was operated by Sheble Aviation & Flight School, Inc., under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as an instructional flight. The commercial pilot receiving instruction for his airline transport pilot certificate, and the certified flight instructor (CFI), were not injured. The local training flight departed Kingman around 1615. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not filed. According to a written statement provided by the CFI, the student had just completed a missed approach from a single engine VOR/DME (very high omni-directional navigation facility/distance measuring equipment) approach to runway 21 at Kingman. The CFI took over the airplane to allow the student to remove his view-limiting device (foggles) and to demonstrate a landing. The flight entered the downwind leg for runway 3, the CFI noted that the winds were from 020 degrees at 10 knots, and heard another airplane announcing that they were taxiing to runway 21. The CFI announced their position and indicated they were coming in for a touch-and-go landing on runway 3. As the flight transitioned through the traffic pattern, the instructor continued to announce their position. As they were getting ready to turn onto final approach, the student noticed an aircraft had departed runway 21 and was making a right turn toward them. The CFI indicated that he had not heard a transmission from the departing aircraft. The CFI maneuvered the airplane away from the departing aircraft, and due to the distraction, "forgot to verify that I had lowered the landing gear" before touching down on runway 3 with the landing gear retracted. According to the operator, post accident examination of the landing gear system revealed no operational anomalies. In addition, the operator reported the airplane sustained structural damage to the fuselage bulkheads. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2096C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2096C-2011-09-01), registration cancelled 2011-09-01, S/N TD-284, built 1959 (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-284 - Airframe hours: 16064.4 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Sheble Aviation & Flight School, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 2006, 54 hours before - Departed: KIGM, Kingsman, AZ - Airport: KIGM, Kingman Airport, runway 3, 6,831 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 26; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: right; flight hours: 1,209 total, 236 in this make and model, 1,161 as pilot in command, 204 in the last 90 days, 113 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none ## 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 20060216001479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060216001479A), Feb 16, 2006: Beech 95, Kingman, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On February 16, 2006 at 1800 MST student pilot missed a single engine practice vor/dme approach into runway 21 at kigm and removed his foggles that he… 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.