# NTSB NYC06CA053: Beech E-55, N72BG, Providence, RI, October 3, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 3, 2005, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Providence, RI
- Coordinates: 41.723888, -71.428054
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7239&lon=-71.4281&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO-01
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63033/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA053

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to verify landing gear extension after a landing gear malfunction, which resulted in a wheels up landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach
  - landing gear - malfunction
- Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not verified, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

While en route to the pilot's home airport, the pilot noticed that a landing gear system circuit breaker had tripped, which he then reset. Upon arriving in the vicinity of the destination airport, the pilot selected the landing gear down position, while watching the circuit breaker to see if it would trip again, which it did. He then lowered the flaps and landed unknowing with the landing gear retracted, substantially damaging the airplane. The pilot later stated, "I should have looked at the 3 green (landing gear position indicator) lights."

## Factual narrative

While enroute to the pilot's home airport, the pilot noticed that a landing gear system circuit breaker had tripped, which he then reset. Upon arriving in the vicinity of the destination airport, the pilot selected the landing gear down position, while watching the circuit breaker to see if it would trip again, which it did. He then lowered the flaps and landed unknowing with the landing gear retracted, substantially damaging the airplane. The pilot later stated, "I should have looked at the 3 green (landing gear position indicator) lights."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72BG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72BG), registered now, S/N TE-1198, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech E-55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-1198
- Airframe hours: 6270
- Engines: Continental IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2005, 40 hours before
- Departed: FRG, Farmingdale, NY
- Destination: PVD, Providence, RI
- Airport: PVD, Theodore Francis Green, runway 23, 7,166 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 11,282 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.45 inHg
- Observed at: PVD

## 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 20051003033689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051003033689A), Oct 3, 2005: Beech E55, Providence, RI, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot selected landing gear down while on a visual approach to the t.f. Green airport, Providence, RI. The gear circuit breaker popped and the gear…

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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