- Date
- August 29, 1986, 15:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1883DBeech G-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860829073869A
- Case key
- 31701
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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
Shortly after takeoff the cabin door opened. The pilot continued the short flight to his home airfield. During approach he stated that due to the increased noise in the cabin he forgot to lower the landing gear. The aircraft contacted the runway with the landing gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1883D
- Reported as
- Beech G-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3155
- Airframe hours
- 3,998
- Engine
- Continental E185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Guy Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1985 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 1X4 · Lantana, FL
- Destination
- LNA · Lantana, FL
- Airport
- LNA · Lantana, runway 15, 3,485 × 75 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,046 total · 52 in this make and model · 922 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 7 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.
Other investigations on N1883D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.