# NTSB MIA84IA062: Beech D18S, N348W, Jacksonville, FL, January 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1984, 09:01 local (14:01 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.650114, -82.320152 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6501&lon=-82.3202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA062

## 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
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP AT THE JACKSONVILLE, AIRPORT. EXAM OF THE GEAR EXT SYSTEM REVEALED NO MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N348W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A-217
- Airframe hours: 62389
- Engines: P&W R985-148 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Tampa Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Destination: JAX, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JAX, Jacksonville Int'L, runway 7, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 31,202 total, 1,604 in this make and model, 29,366 as pilot in command, 1,599 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840117026259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840117026259I), Jan 17, 1984: Beech D18S, Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Landed gear up. No mechanical defects in gear system.

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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