# NTSB NYC84LA262: Beech BE-55, N105TC, Newport, RI, August 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1984, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Newport, RI
- Location: 41.4848° N, 71.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4848&lon=-71.3276&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA262

## Sequence of events

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

- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2451
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840802036939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840802036939A), Aug 2, 1984: Beech 58P, Newport, RI, Substantial damage. Lowered gear too late. Left main not locked on touchdown, collapsed. Aircraft slid off runway.

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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