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NTSB incident investigation · Embraer EMB-110P1 · Ochopee, FL · April 5, 1991

Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal report
Date
April 5, 1991, 15:02 local (20:02 UTC)
Place
Ochopee, FL
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N102TNEmbraer EMB-110P1
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report May 5, 1993
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19910405009039I
Case key
32773

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Probable cause

Failure of the student to use the checklist, inadequate supervision by the pic/cfi, and inadequate supervision by the FAA principle operations inspector.

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.

Complete gear collapsedLanding - roll
Checklist - not followedDual studentCause
Supervision - inadequatePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Supervision - inadequateFaa(principal operations inspector)Cause

Analysis

During an observation flt of the company check airmen by an FAA inspector, the acft was landed gear-up. There was no failure or malfunction of the landing gear system.

Aircraft

Registration
N102TN
Reported as
Embraer EMB-110P1
Category
Airplane
Serial number
110-312
Airframe hours
13,753
Engine
P&W PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Aero Coach Aviation, Int'L.
Registered owner
Beason Simons Ltd.
Last inspection
Continuous airworthiness · March 27, 1991 · 2 hours before
Airport
TNT · Dade-Collier Training, runway 9, 10,500 × 150 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
59
Certificates
Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Right
Flight hours
20,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
110° at 15 knots
Visibility
8 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
2,000 ft broken
Temperature
90 °F, dew point 66 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
TMB, 29 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.