# NTSB LAX83LA321: Beech 95-A55, N1494G, Franklin, CA, July 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1983, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Franklin, CA
- Coordinates: 38.550369, -122.149406 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5504&lon=-122.1494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23777
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA321
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23777/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA321

## 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 - inadvertent, dual student (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - checklist - not attained, dual student (cause)
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED WHEELS-UP DURING A TRAINING FLT. THE CFI WAS SIMULATING A SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING. THE CFI SAID HE AND THESTUDENT WERE ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN BECAUSE OF THE POWER-ON LANDING (12 INCHES HG SIMULATED ZERO THRUST ON THE DEAD ENGINE).

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1494G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1494G-2011-03-28), registration cancelled 2011-03-28, S/N TC-262, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-A55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-A55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (registry code 1152704) (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 262
- Airframe hours: 194
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: General Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 3, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: CCR, CONCORD, CA
- Airport: Q53, runway 18, 3,300 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 36,185 total, 70 in this make and model, 35,784 as pilot in command, 99 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft unknown

## 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 19830701028479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830701028479A), Jul 1, 1983: Beech 95A55, Franklin, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear before landing.

## Other investigations on N1494G (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX86MA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86MA074), Dec 24, 1985: Beech 95-A55 (N1494G), Concord, CA, destroyed, 7 fatal

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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