- Date
- September 25, 1987, 20:48 local (Sep 26, 1987, 01:48 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N192CAAero Commander 500B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870925059509A
- Case key
- 34444
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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 pilot was on approach to Kansas City international when he was requested to slow down and follow another aircraft. He used his checklist and decided to leave the gear up until he was closer to the airport. On short final he extended the flaps but failed to extend the gear. The airplane slid for 600 feet. The condensed checklist, which the pilot was using, did not include checking the landing gear warning horn before extending the gear. The amplified checklist contains this.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N192CA
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1225102
- Airframe hours
- 7,443
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1B5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Central Airlines,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Central Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- MKC
- Airport
- MCI · Kansas City International, runway 19, 10,801 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,778 total · 1,216 in this make and model · 6,672 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.