- Date
- October 18, 2011, 08:11 local (15:11 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44562Beech D17S
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20111018026599A
- Case key
- 82155
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he unintentionally landed the airplane with the gear retracted. He additionally reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the wing.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that following a local area flight, he unintentionally landed the airplane with the gear retracted. According to the Federal Aviation Administration accident coordinator, the airplane sustained wing rib damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44562
- Reported as
- Beech D17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6923
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Cutter
- Registered owner
- Chocolate Kayke Xo LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 2011 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- PHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor, runway 07R, 7,800 × 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
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,100 total · 80 in this make and model · 17,200 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 25, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 456 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N44562 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.