# NTSB MKC83LA058: Beech D55, N7815R, Cape Girardeau, MO, January 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1983, 10:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Coordinates: 37.339458, -89.570976 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3395&lon=-89.5710&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - landing gear - undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7815R-2013-08-28), registration cancelled 2013-08-28, S/N TE-667, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Registry model: [Beech D55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (registry code 1152730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE 667
- Airframe hours: 6199
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830125001499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830125001499A), Jan 25, 1983: Beech D55, Cape Girardeau, MO, Destroyed. Failed to check gear down. Landed gear up.

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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