# NTSB MIA93LA044: Beech 1900D, N18YV, Fort Myers, FL, January 3, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1993, 11:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Coordinates: 26.509811, -81.700927 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5098&lon=-81.7009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33212
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33212/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA044

## 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

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 (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Miscellaneous/other, landing - aborted

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18YV-2000-02-03), registration cancelled 2000-02-03, S/N UE-18 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Registry model: [Beech 1900D](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (registry code 1154162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: UE-18
- Airframe hours: 980
- Engines: P&W PT6A-67D 1214 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930103000589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930103000589A), Jan 3, 1993: Beech 1900D, Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Landing gear up scraped belly of fuselage on runway. Made go around and put gear down. Fuselage and prop damage.

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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