# NTSB LAX82DA302: Beech 58TC, N17841, Oakland, CA, August 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1982, 11:26 local (18:26 UTC)
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Location: 37.7213° N, 122.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO BAY (OAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7213&lon=-122.2212&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72066/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA302

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

N17841, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT METROPOLITAN OAKLAND AIRPORT. THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED PRIOR TO LANDING. EFFORTS TO REACH THE PILOT FOR FURTHER COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLIGHT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17841](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17841-2011-05-06), registration cancelled 2011-05-06, S/N TK-51, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- Registry model: [Beech 58TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (registry code 1152746) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TK-51
- Airframe hours: 781
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-1 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: D. Mclemore
- Registered owner: D. Mclemore
- Departed: 004, CARSON CITY, NV
- Destination: PROVO, UT
- Airport: OAK, Metropolitan Oakland Int., runway 27, 5,453 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 627 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## 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 19820815070059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820815070059A), Aug 15, 1982: Beech 58TC, Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot states he lowered gear for landing yet landed gear up. Cause not determined.

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.

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