- Date
- December 9, 1987, 23:30 local (Dec 10, 1987, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N232ASEmbraer EMB 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871209073229A
- Case key
- 31998
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed gear up while on a training flight, the crew stated that they had completed 2 hours of training when the first officer requested a single engine no flap approach demonstration. Both pilots stated that during this demonstration they neglected to extend the landing gear and touched down on runway 18 and slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N232AS
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 120-036
- Airframe hours
- 1,486
- Engine
- P&W PW-115, 1,590 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- GTR · Columbus, MS
- Airport
- GIR · Golden Triangle Regional, runway 18, 4,500 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 133 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL, 50 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.