- Date
- August 1, 1986, 22:00 local (Aug 2, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57UTBeech J35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860801063659A
- Case key
- 31682
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that he became distracted & forgot to put the landing gear down. He also stated that the landing gear warning horn was inoperative. Post crash examination revealed that the landing gear warning horn microswitch was out of adjustment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57UT
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5495
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Thellman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- X47 · Flagler County, runway 11, 5,000 × 200 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 107 in this make and model · 464 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.