- Date
- August 17, 1991, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N350THBeech 58TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817035149A
- Case key
- 41518
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to identtify a down and locked landing gear condition prior to touchdown.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At the conclusion of a local sightseeng flight, the pilot reportedbly lowered the landing gear and 'thought (he) saw three green lights.' The aircraft subsequently landed gear up on runway 02. Post-crash examination revealed the landing gear selector was in the 'down' postion with the landing gear circuit breaker popped. Repeated cycling of the gear with the aircraft on jacks revealed no discrepancy with the opertion of the landing gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N350TH
- Reported as
- Beech 58TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TK146
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-WB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orin O. Terry
- Registered owner
- Orin O. Terry
- Airport
- FCA · Glacier Park Intl, runway 2, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,134 total · 134 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.