# NTSB MKC88LA080: Beech F17D, N385, Perryville, MO, April 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1988, 19:45 local (Apr 29, 1988, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Perryville, MO
- Coordinates: 37.719585, -89.870674 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7196&lon=-89.8707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34562
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34562/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA080

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF OPERATION, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THE ACFT MAKING A GEAR UP LDG. AFTER THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP, A POST FLIGHT FIRE ERUPTED DESTROYING THE ACFT. EVIDENCE OF GEAR UP LANDING WAS CONFIRMED AFTER POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED TO THE GEAR DOORS AND LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N385](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N 335, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F17D
- Registry model: [Beech F17D](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f17d) (registry code 1150558) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (registry code 35005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 335
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: JACOBS R-755 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Antique Bi-Wing Airplanes, Inc
- Registered owner: Antique Bi-Wing Airplanes, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 28, 1988, 1 hours before
- Departed: K02, PERRYVILLE, MO
- Destination: K02
- Airport: K02, Perryville, runway 10, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, invalid medical for flight; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,250 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CGI, 45 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 19880428011709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880428011709A), Apr 28, 1988: Beech F17D, Perryville, MO, Destroyed. Neglected to extend the gear for landing. Landed gear up. Fire erupted and destroyed the aircraft.

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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