- Date
- April 24, 1985, 14:17 local (19:17 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3836CRockwell AC-500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850424029599I
- Case key
- 31287
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On final apch, the acft was advised twice by the tower to go around because his landing gear was not extended, the acft did not respond & landed gear up on rwy 13. Examination of the landing gear system after the occurrence revealed the warning horn was inoperative, no other evidence of system failure or malfunction could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3836C
- Reported as
- Rockwell AC-500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500-791
- Airframe hours
- 59,505
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540A2B, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Soul Turkey Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYAT · Treasure Cay, OF
- Destination
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach Inter Nat'L, runway 13, 6,930 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,699 total · 970 in this make and model · 1,998 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3836C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.