- Date
- August 2, 1984, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N105TCBeech BE-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840802036939A
- Case key
- 35727
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Analysis
The plt extended the downwind leg of his landing traffic pattern to allow an acft ahead of him to land with the appropiate spacing between acft. The plt stated that just prior to touchdown he 'lowered the landing gear (too late).' In his recommendation for prevention of the accident he wrote that 'this accident could have been avoided if I had lowered landing gear a few seconds before I did'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105TC
- Reported as
- Beech BE-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2451
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E.T. Chewning Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Destination
- 2B4 · Newport, RI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2B4 · Newport State, runway 22, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 964 total · 641 in this make and model · 772 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.