# NTSB WPR23LA033: Raytheon A36, N147DT, Freeport, IL, October 5, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 5, 2022, 11:30, time zone not recorded
- Place: Freeport, IL · KFEP
- Coordinates: 42.246, -89.582
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2460&lon=-89.5820&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106302
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106302/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106302
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA033

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while in the pattern practicing touch and go landings, he became distracted, failed to use the pre-landing checklist, and forgot to extend the airplane’s landing gear. He landed the airplane with the landing gear retracted and skidded to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N147DT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N147DT), registered now, S/N E-3163, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Registry model: [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (registry code 7150001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-3163
- Year built: 1998
- Airframe hours: 3336
- Engines: Continental IO-550B 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 19, 2022
- Departed: KRFD, Rockford, IL
- Destination: KJVL, Janesville, WI
- Airport: KFEP, Albertus Airport, runway 24, 5,504 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; military, commercial, flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, unknown; last flight review September 15, 2022; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 32,000 total, 5,100 in this make and model, 20,500 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days
- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 20, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,922 total, 1,084 in this make and model, 1,922 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 3012.00 inHg
- Observed at: KFEP
- METAR: KFEP 051715Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3012 RMK AO2 T02110060

## 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 20221005017879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221005017879A), Oct 5, 2022: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Freeport, IL, Substantial damage. When: October 5, 2022, 1130 CST Where: Freeport, IL, Albertus Airport (kfep) An airline transport pilot (ATP) was operating a Beechcraft bonanza A36,[privacy…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 5, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106302. 7.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 6.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14833831&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR23LA033_6120_flat_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14834508&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR23LA033_photo_508-Rel.pdf

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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