- Date
- September 22, 1986, 20:13 local (Sep 23, 1986, 01:13 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9043VBeech E55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860922086729A
- Case key
- 34250
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that this was a positioning flt for a 100 hr inspn & that the acft was having electrical problems thru-out the flt. According to him, he extended the flaps & put the gear handle in the down position as he made a VOR apch at night; however, the acft touched down with the landing gear retracted. During the wheels up landing, a fire occurred in the cockpit area, extensively damaging the instrument panel, but the origin of the fire was not verified. The landing gear uplocks were found unlatched, but the wheels were found in their respective wheel wells. After the acft was hoisted off the ground, all three wheels extended with no difficulty when the emergency extension sys was operated. Neither the electrical gear motor nor the inside of the gear motor compartment were burned in the fire, but the motor had evidence of thermal overload damage around the winding. No info was recorded on the tower tapes to indicate a gear problem before the acft landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9043V
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-919
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne Decasta, doing business as Werner Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mid-West Live-Stock Commission
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKC · Knasas City Downtown, runway 1, 7,001 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,607 total · 510 in this make and model · 14,300 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.