# NTSB LAX86LA035: Beech BE-58, N3674G, Fresno, CA, November 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1985, 14:48 local (22:48 UTC)
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Coordinates: 36.839733, -119.819953 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8397&lon=-119.8200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25016/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA035

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of equipment/aircraft, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3674G), registered now, S/N TH-1151, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH1151
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851106075999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851106075999A), Nov 6, 1985: Beech 58, Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. ATC advised go around because gear was not extended. Landed gear up. Circuit breaker popped. Did not hear warning.

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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