# NTSB MIA88LA158: Beech E55, N81893, Pahokee, FL, April 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1988, 19:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.810234, -80.659301 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8102&lon=-80.6593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA158

## 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(cfi) (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, dual student (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT PRACTICING SHORT & SOFT FIELD LANDINGS, THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.  THE INSTRUCTOR PLT STATED THERE WAS NO FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN AND THAT WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED FULLY THE HORN SOUNDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81893 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-1108
- Airframe hours: 650
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Transal
- Registered owner: Pamplemousse Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 4, 1987
- Departed: OPF, MIAMI, FL
- Destination: PHK, PAHOKEE, FL
- Airport: PHK, Palm Beach County Glades, runway 35, 4,620 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 33 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).

- [Accident 19880421014629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880421014629A), Apr 21, 1988: Beech E55, Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear up on a practice soft field landing. CFI failed to note student had not extended the landing gear.

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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