# NTSB MIA97LA171: Beech E55, N1174T, Griffin, GA, May 21, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1997, 12:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Coordinates: 33.28952, -84.27909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2895&lon=-84.2791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1997
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA171

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a wheels up landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A witness to the accident observed the airplane land gear up. The pilot stated that he was making a full stop landing and failed to extend the landing gear.

## Factual narrative

On May 21, 1997, about 1228 eastern daylight time, a Beech E-55, N1174T, registered to Southeastern Air Charters, Inc., while on a 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight, crashed while landing at Griffin-Spalding County Airport, Griffin, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airline transport pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Macon, Georgia, about 20 minutes before the accident.

A witness to the accident observed the airplane land gear up. The pilot stated that he failed to extend the landing gear. The aircraft traveled down the center of runway 32 about 1,000 feet before coming to a stop.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1174T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1174T), registered now, S/N TE-1056, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech E55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE1056
- Airframe hours: 4402
- Engines: Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Bobby W. Morrow
- Registered owner: Southeastern Air Charter, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 6, 1997, 36 hours before
- Departed: MCN, MACON, GA
- Destination: 6A2
- Airport: 6A2, Griffin-Spalding County, runway 32, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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: 17,000 total, 1,164 in this make and model, 14,500 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCN, 40 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 19970521023149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970521023149A), May 21, 1997: Beech E55, Griffin, GA, Substantial damage. Failed to extend landing gear for landing. (-23) at approximately 1255 on 21 may, 1997, I received notification from Mr. Chris cooper of the FAA southern…

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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