- Date
- April 22, 1989, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7739RBeech BE-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890422036439A
- Case key
- 34781
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Probable cause
A wheels up landing was performed by the pilot in command, due to the interrupted landing and go-around. A psychological traffic pattern habit interference mind set interfered with the pilots ability to perform the normal functions required by the landing check list.
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
Upon reaching his destination apt, the plt said that he made a go-around maneuver as another acft was on the active runway. When he returned for ldg, he said he failed to extend the landing gear, and a gear up ldg was made. A small fire erupted near the fuel quick drain. But it was quickly extinguished. No mechanical malfunction was revealed on post accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7739R
- Reported as
- Beech BE-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1179
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Socak, Rosemary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LNC · Lancaster, TX
- Destination
- HOT · Hot Springs, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOT · Hot Springs, runway 23, 6,595 × 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOT, 1 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.