- Date
- November 6, 1985, 14:48 local (22:48 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3674GBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851106075999A
- Case key
- 25016
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft approached the rwy for landing without the landing gear extended. The controller instructed the plt to go around but the plt continued the apch and landed with the gear retracted. Post accident inspection of the acft disclosedthe gear selector was in the down position, but the landing gear circuit breaker was popped. No mechanical failure or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3674G
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH1151
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental IO 520 CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard F. Winegar, doing business as Baron Leasing
- Registered owner
- Leonard F. Winegar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1985
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- FAT · Fresno Air Terminal, runway 11R, 3,902 × 75 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
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,538 total · 913 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.