- Date
- January 3, 1993, 11:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18YVBeech 1900D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930103000589A
- Case key
- 33212
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to follow the checklist and complacency of the pilot-in-command for failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
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 captain stated that while on a visual apch to the rwy with the first officer flying the acft, their attention was diverted to the gusty wind condition. They realized the gear was not extended after hearing a scraping sound and the captain took control of the acft and completed an uneventful landing. The landing gear sys was checked after the accident & there was no evidence of failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18YV
- Reported as
- Beech 1900D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UE-18
- Airframe hours
- 980
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-67D, 1,214 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mesa Airlines, Inc., doing business as Usair Express
- Registered owner
- Mesa Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 22, 1992 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- RSW · FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RSW · Southwest Florida Reg., runway 6, 8,400 × 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,627 total · 964 in this make and model · 1,317 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 95 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 18 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSW, 1 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.