# NTSB MKC89LA103: Beech 58, N8152R, Brainerd, MN, May 6, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1989, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Coordinates: 46.350929, -94.190101 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3509&lon=-94.1901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34786
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34786/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA103

## 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

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

- Gear not extended, landing
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8152R-1990-04-16), registration cancelled 1990-04-16, S/N TH508 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-508
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890506011049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506011049A), May 6, 1989: Beech 58, East Gull Lake, MN, Substantial damage. Struck the rough sod runway on landing gear up increased power with sharp pull up then crashed out of control.

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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