# NTSB NYC86LA243: Beech BE-55, N525TP, Seneca Falls, NY, September 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1986, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Seneca Falls, NY
- Coordinates: 42.909782, -76.789489 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9098&lon=-76.7895&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): 30427
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30427/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA243

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PLT ADMITTED HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR. IT WASCONFIRMED DURING THE POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N525TP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525TP-1989-08-07), registration cancelled 1989-08-07, S/N TE419 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-C55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (registry code 1152708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TF-419
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C/CB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John S. Bierhardt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1985, 8 hours before
- Airport: OG7, Seneca Falls, runway 18, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,700 total, 2,752 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19860928085399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860928085399A), Sep 28, 1986: Beech 95C55, Seneca Falls, NY, Destroyed. The aircraft landed wheels up and was destroyed by fire. No annual inspection on aircraft. No bfr for pilot.

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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