- Date
- November 7, 2004, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4545MBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20041107029059A
- Case key
- 60606
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to follow the checklist and extend the landing gear during landing resulting in a gear-up landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that on final approach to runway 9 with full flaps extended, during the flare he noticed the airplane was "low' and looked and noted he did not have 3 green lights indicating all gears were down and locked. He reached for the landing gear selector handle but at that time the airplane contacted the ground; he did not move the landing gear selector handle to the down position.
Factual narrative
On November 7, 2004, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Beech 58, N4545M, registered to Conley Bros, Inc., was landed gear-up at Aero Acres Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from Okeechobee County Airport, Okeechobee, Florida, to the Aero Acres Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 1245, from the Okeechobee County Airport.
The pilot stated that on final approach to runway 9 with full flaps extended, during the flare he noticed the airplane was "low' and looked and noted he did not have three green lights indicating all gears were down and locked. He reached for the landing gear selector handle but at that time the airplane contacted the ground; he did not move the landing gear selector handle to the down position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4545M
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-914
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental IO-550-C3F, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Conley Bros, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KOBE · Okeechobee, FL
- Destination
- FD88 · Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport
- FD88 · Aero Acres Airport, runway 9
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,890 total · 840 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.