- Date
- May 13, 1984, 12:28 local (17:28 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N323EBeech BE95A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513016769A
- Case key
- 33679
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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 acft landing gear collapsed during landing. The plt said he was following a metroliner & put the gear handle 'down' but does not remember the gear indicators. He reduced the throttles to about 11 inches of manifold pressure & does not remember hearing a warning horn. Investigation revealed that the landing gear were in transit at touchdown & the warning horn worked when tested.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323E
- Reported as
- Beech BE95A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC421
- Airframe hours
- 3,334
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Muhich Construction Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- DFW · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Airport
- Springfield Regional, runway 31, 5,600 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N323E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.