# NTSB MIA99LA020: Beech BE-58, N31CE, Jackson, MS, October 19, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 19, 1998, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC) - Place: Jackson, MS - Coordinates: 32.259765, -90.089485 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2598&lon=-90.0895&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 15, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 45173 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA99LA020 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45173/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA020 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was down resulting 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 - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot was making an instrument approach and failed to ensure the landing gear was down. The airplane was landed gear up. Examination of the landing gear assembly revealed no evidence of a precrash mechanical failure or malfunction. ## Factual narrative On October 19, 1998, about 1130 central daylight time, a Beech BE-58, N31CE, registered to Paragon Air Express Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 135 on-demand air taxi flight, experienced a total loss of radio communications upon departure from Jackson International Airport, Jackson Mississippi. The pilot diverted back into Jackson, and the landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was initially reported to have sustained minor damage. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated 1 hour before the accident. The damage was upgraded to an accident on October 30, 1998. The pilot stated after losing all radio communication on climbout that he intercepted the DME arc for runway 34 left. He stated he cycled the landing gear and verified the landing gear was down with the green lights. When he started his flare the gear warning went off. The propeller and the airplane collided with the runway. The pilot stated in the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, "On the ILS to 34L at the glide slope intercept I selected the gear handle down. The gear never went completely down so the gear did not go down. I failed to realize this despite the gear horn sounding. A subsequent gear-up landing occurred with no injury to myself or anybody else." Examination of the landing gear assembly by the FAA revealed no evidence of a precrash mechanical failure or malfunction. The airplane was jacked up at a repair facility. The landing gear was cycled three times with normal electrical power. All warning horns and lights functioned properly. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N31CE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31CE-2008-11-21), registration cancelled 2008-11-21, S/N TH-220, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech BE-58 - Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH220 - Airframe hours: 10426 - Engines: Continental IO-520-LB40 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Registered owner: Paragon Air Express Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 19, 1998, 19 hours before - Departed: JAN - Destination: NEW, NEW ORLEANS, LA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: JAN, Jackson International, runway 34L, 8,501 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,924 total, 469 in this make and model, 1,491 as pilot in command, 290 in the last 90 days, 109 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day - Visibility: 2 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: JAN ## 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 19981019034669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981019034669A), Oct 19, 1998: Beech 58, Jackson, MS, Substantial damage. On October 19, 1998, about 1130 central daylight time, a Beech BE-58, N31CE, registered to paragon air express inc., operating as a 14 CFR part 135 on-demand… ## Other investigations on N31CE (1) 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. - [NTSB ATL83LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA385), Sep 30, 1983: Beech 58 (N31CE), Birmingham, AL, substantial 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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