- Date
- July 10, 1987, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4JDBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870710034219A
- Case key
- 34408
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Checklist - not followedFactor
Wheels up landing - performedCause
Analysis
During a positioning flt to pick up revenue passengers, PIC neglected to lower ldg gear for ldg. Acft was substantially damaged. PIC stated he forgot to lower gear and no warning horn had activated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4JD
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH145
- Airframe hours
- 3,426
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Memphis Aero Charter
- Registered owner
- William S. Craddock Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GTR · Columbus, MS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M99 · Saline County, runway 17, 3,665 × 50 ft, asphalt
N4JDRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,557 total · 405 in this make and model · 3,195 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 20 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.