- Date
- July 20, 1982, 22:00 local (Jul 21, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fenton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3606BBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820720053729I
- Case key
- 70678
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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 landing gear was reportedly down and locked prior to touchdown. A witness said the gear was down prior to touchdown but collapsed immediately after touchdown. Broken wires on the landing gear squat switch had disabled the ldg gear retraction system. A small postcrash engine fire was extinguished by fire dept personnel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3606B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-3
- Airframe hours
- 12,810
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Executive Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Executive Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- Detroit, MI
- Destination
- Fenton, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3WA · Weiss, runway 18, 3,040 × 40 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,940 total · 340 in this make and model · 1,660 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.