# NTSB LAX96LA047: Beech D-50, N100AV, Jackson, CA, November 17, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 17, 1995, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Jackson, CA - Coordinates: 38.350116, -120.769172 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3501&lon=-120.7692&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 18, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29337 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX96LA047 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29337/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA047 ## Probable cause the failure of the pilot-in-command to follow the pre-landing checklist which resulted in his failure to extend the landing gear and an inadvertent wheels-up landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command ## Analysis Two witnesses reported observing the aircraft approach and land with the landing gear retracted. The pilot acknowledged that he forgot to extend the landing gear. He reported that the landing gear warning horn sounded when he retarded engine power in the landing flare but that there was insufficient time to increase power before the propellers contacted the runway. ## Factual narrative On November 17, 1995, at 1230 hours Pacific standard time, a Beech D-50, N100AV, landed gear up on runway 19 at Westover Field Amador County Airport, Jackson, California. The aircraft was destroyed by fire after coming to rest; however, the pilot and one passenger were uninjured. The flight originated at the pilot's private airstrip at Herald, California, at 1200 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight. Inspectors from the FAA Sacramento Flight Standards District Office interviewed two witnesses who observed the aircraft approach and land with the landing gear retracted. Propeller strike marks were identified on the runway leading to scrape marks where the aircraft departed the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately at midfield on the 3,400-foot-long runway, 80 feet left (east) of the runway and heading north. The pilot subsequently acknowledged to the FAA personnel that he failed to extend the landing gear for landing. He reported that he carried substantial engine power on the landing approach until on short final. When he retarded the throttles the landing gear warning horn sounded but there wasn't time to bring the power back up before the propellers contacted the runway. The pilot then retarded power again and completed the landing gear-up. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N100AV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100AV-2012-05-01), registration cancelled 2012-05-01, S/N DH-107, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH D-50 - Registry model: [Beech D-50](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (registry code 1152512) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: DH-107 - Airframe hours: 3500 - Engines: LYCOMING GO-480 295 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kent W. Raverty - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 15, 1995, 100 hours before - Departed: HERALD, CA - Destination: O70 - Airport: O70, Westover Field, Amador Co, runway 19, 3,400 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 308 total, 78 in this make and model, 139 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 4 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: SAC, 34 nm away ## 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 19951117037789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951117037789A), Nov 17, 1995: Beech D50, Jackson, CA, Destroyed. Landed gear up. Pilot stated he failed to extend gear for landing. From the NTSB's public API. 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