# NTSB LAX94LA330: Beech 95-B55, N88FC, Page, AZ, August 20, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 19, 1994, 21:02 local (Aug 20, 1994, 04:02 UTC) - Place: Page, AZ - Coordinates: 36.67942, -111.41014 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6794&lon=-111.4101&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 14, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 28835 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX94LA330 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28835/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA330 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES TO ASSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. HIS DIVERTED ATTENTION DUE TO THE PREVIOUS TWO GO-AROUNDS IS A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT EXECUTED TWO GO-AROUNDS BEFORE MAKING THE LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE DURING THE FIRST TWO APPROACHES. ON THE THIRD APPROACH, HE BECAME DISTRACTED AND DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. ## Factual narrative On August 19, 1994, at 2102 hours mountain standard time, a Beech 95-B55, N88FC, landed with its landing gear retracted on runway 15 at Page Airport, Page, Arizona. The pilot was completing a visual flight rules personal flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by Diane Hamilton-Margrave, So. Pasadena, California, was destroyed by the postcrash fire and impact damage. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at El Monte Airport, El Monte, California, on August 19, 1994, at 1840 hours. The airport manager told National Transportation Safety Board investigators that the pilot had attempted two approaches before the accident. The manager said the pilot told him that he felt uncomfortable during the first two approaches. The pilot said on the third approach he became distracted and did not pay attention, and added ". . . the aircraft was trying to tell me something . . . ." A pilot witness told Safety Board investigators in a telephone interview conducted on August 29, 1994, that he was making a straight-in approach to runway 33 at Page Airport. During the approach, he heard N88FC announce that he was making a straight-in approach to runway 15. He told the pilot to continue his approach to runway 15 and that he would follow him into the airport. While on final approach, the pilot witness observed N88FC making a go-around. The pilot witness landed without incident. While taxiing toward his hangar, he again saw N88FC making another go-around. When the pilot witness was securing his airplane, he saw N88FC making a short, low approach with both of the landing lights on. He could not see if the landing gear was extended. Moments later, he heard the scraping noise and immediately knew that the airplane landed with its landing gear retracted. The accident airplane pilot did not mention any landing gear problems during his conversation with him on the unicom frequency. The pilot confirmed that he failed to extend the landing gear in the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2. He also showed in the form that the airplane did not experience any preexisting malfunctions or failures. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N88FC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88FC-1996-01-16), registration cancelled 1996-01-16, S/N TC395 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 - Registry model: [Beech 95-A55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (registry code 1152704) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TC 395 - Airframe hours: 5263 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Margrave, David L. - Registered owner: Hamilton-Margrave, Diane M. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 2, 1994, 12 hours before - Departed: EMT, EL MONTE, CA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: PGA, Page, runway 15, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,058 total, 570 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright - Wind: calm - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F ## 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 19940819022449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819022449A), Aug 19, 1994: Beech 95B55, Page, AZ, Destroyed. Made three passes too high and fast to land. On third landed gear up. Failed to detect gear positon on three tries. From the NTSB's public API. 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