- Date
- May 6, 1989, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Brainerd, MN
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8152RBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890506011049A
- Case key
- 34786
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow procedures which resulted in the failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown. A contributing factor was the pilot's inattentiveness.
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
While attempting to land on a sod strip, the pilot failed to extend the landing gear. Witnesses said the aircraft struck the terrain, followed by a sharp pull up and increase in power. The aircraft then descended into the terrain. Post accident investigation revealed no malfunction of the landing gear systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8152R
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-508
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C/CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- G And R Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- G & R Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- D16 · Breezy Point, MN
- Destination
- 9Y2 · East Gull Lake, MN
- Airport
- 9Y2 · East Gull Lake, runway 31, 2,618 × 130 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,063 total · 102 in this make and model · 802 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRD, 7 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.