# NTSB MIA82DA067: Beech 95-B55, N71MH, Tallahassee, FL, March 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1982, 18:02 local (23:02 UTC)
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Coordinates: 30.449129, -84.349044 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4491&lon=-84.3490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72786
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72786/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA067

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DURING PRACTICE FULL STOP, TAXI BACK, TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N71MH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1012
- Airframe hours: 5000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Avon Air, Incorporated
- Registered owner: Mobile Home Brokers , Incorpor
- Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Destination: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Airport: TLH, Tallahassee Municipal, runway 18, 6,000 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 3,787 total, 591 in this make and model, 3,554 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 162 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH

## 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 19820311003619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311003619A), Mar 11, 1982: Beech 95B55, Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear and landed gear up.

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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