- Date
- February 5, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fernandina Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7987MBeech V-35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880205027439A
- Case key
- 32132
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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
While on a personal flt, the acft landed gear up. The plt stated that he lowered it. He also stated that the gear warning horn was inoperative. Operational check of the landing gear revealed no discrepancies except for an improperly adjusted warning horn & automatic gear extension system which lowers the gear when the airspeed is below 120 mph & the throttle is reduced below 18-20' manifold pressure. The plt stated that the first indication he had that the gear was not down was seeing the tip of the prop curl up. He said that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was 'tripped'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7987M
- Reported as
- Beech V-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8273
- Airframe hours
- 3,925
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA2, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alexander G. Clark
- Registered owner
- Gen. Heating & Air Conditionin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1987 · 184 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 55J · Fernandina Beach Muni., runway 4, 5,350 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,205 total · 1,630 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 16 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.