- Date
- September 19, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Watsonville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18ERBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830919050269A
- Case key
- 23886
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was landed with the gear retracted. The plt stated that he lowered the gear but raised it when the tower requested that he circle while equipment was cleared from the rwy. When he was cleared to land he approached the rwy andas he did so saw a person on the ground waving at him but he did not associate it with the gear being up. The waving he said distracted him from making his final gear check and the landing was made gear up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18ER
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 5,800
- Engine
- Continental 10470L, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983
- Departed
- MPY · Monterey, CA
- Destination
- WVI
- Airport
- WVI · Watsonville, runway 19, 4,501 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,030 total · 800 in this make and model · 6,030 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
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.
Other investigations on N18ER · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.