# NTSB MKC87LA134: Beech BE-58, N4JD, Benton, AR, July 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1987, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place: Benton, AR
- Coordinates: 34.560405, -92.569702 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5604&lon=-92.5697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA134

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4JD-2018-01-24), registration cancelled 2018-01-24, S/N TH-145, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH145
- Airframe hours: 3426
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870710034219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870710034219A), Jul 10, 1987: Beech 58, Benton, AR, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed wheels up. Fatigued pilot forgot to lower gear, and reported warning horn did not work.

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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