- Date
- January 25, 1983, 10:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Cape Girardeau, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7815RBeech D55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830125001499A
- Case key
- 33381
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was landed gear up on the runway after a business flight. The pilot said he lowered the landing gear handleand observed the green landing gear down light illuminate after receiving clearance to land. The pilot said he did not cross check the nose gear indicator and did not hear the landing gear warning horn although the throttles were at flightidle before touchdown. After the gear up landing, a fire erupted and destroyed the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7815R
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE 667
- Airframe hours
- 6,199
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Midwest Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1982 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- 3WF · Fenton, MO
- Airport
- GCI · Cape Girardeau, runway 28, 6,499 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 670 total · 650 in this make and model · 655 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.