- Date
- August 15, 1989, 19:45 local (Aug 16, 1989, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5724MBeech 18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890815029839A
- Case key
- 32481
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Probable cause
Inadvertent wheels up landing by the pilot.
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
The plt stated that he lowered the gear handle & saw the 3 gear down & locked lights before landing. During the flare, he perceived his alt above the rwy to be lower than normal. He applied power to go around, but the acft settled to the rwy & one of the engs tore loose. An exam of the acft revealed the gear was in the up position during touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5724M
- Reported as
- Beech 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-593
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Jim Ratliff Flying Svc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GTR · Columbus, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GWO · Greenwood Leflore
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO
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 N5724M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.