# NTSB MIA05CA034: Beech 58, N4545M, Fort Pierce, FL, November 7, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 7, 2004, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Coordinates: 27.341943, -80.521942
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3419&lon=-80.5219&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60606
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60606/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA034

## 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

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

- Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not complied with, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4545M), registered now, S/N TH-914, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 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: TH-914
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20041107029059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041107029059A), Nov 7, 2004: Beech 58, Port St. Lucie, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was the pilot in command of 4545M a BE-58-58. Was enroute from (obe) okeechobee co. to Port St. Lucie/aero acres a Private strip.…

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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