# NTSB MIA88IA052: Beech 58, N3012W, Vicksburg, MS, December 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1987, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Coordinates: 32.319873, -90.869216 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3199&lon=-90.8692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88IA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA052

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE ON A PART 135 ON-DEMAND DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLT, THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE PLT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3012W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3012W-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N TH-364, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH364
- Airframe hours: 3154
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Baton Rouge Air Charter, Inc.
- Registered owner: Mgm Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 12, 1987, 68 hours before
- Departed: BTR, BATON ROUGE, LA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NONE, Eagle Lake, runway 36, 5,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,589 total, 394 in this make and model, 1,524 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAN, 41 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19871203070789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871203070789I), Dec 3, 1987: Beech 58, Vicksburg, MS, Minor damage. Gear up landing. Failed to use checklist. Carried power until level off due to wind. Gear horn sounded too late.

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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