# NTSB LAX90LA022: Beech D17S, N80024, Flagstaff, AZ, November 6, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1989, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.229408, -111.720787 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2294&lon=-111.7208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 22, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA022

## Probable cause

AN INADVERTENT GEAR-UP LANDING BY THE PILOT. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S ACCEPTANCE OF A VISUAL GEAR-UP WARNING AS NORMAL SINCE IT IS ON ALL THE TIME.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP. THE PILOT STATED THAT BOTH THE TOWER AND SOMEBODY ELSE TRIED TO GIVE HIM AN ADVISORY BUT THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE BLOCKED BY EACH OTHER. HE ALSO OBSERVED THE RED GEAR-UP WARNING LIGHT, BUT LATER STATED THAT SINCE IT'S ON ALL THE TIME HE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED IT AS A NORMAL SITUATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80024 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4915
- Engines: P&W R-985 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Connie L. Ashura
- Departed: MONTEZUMA, AZ
- Destination: FLG, FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Airport: FLG, Flagstaff, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,312 total, 290 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLG

## 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 19891106044549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891106044549A), Nov 6, 1989: Beech D17S, Flagstaff, AZ, Destroyed. Tower tried to warn pilot gear up but he landed gear up. Aircraft was destroyed by fire.

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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