Cessna 337 N6381F

Summary

On 17 February 1985 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna 337 registered N6381F was involved in an accident near Belen, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 February 1985 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Belen, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Alexander (E80)

Coordinates

34.6493, -106.7707

Aircraft

Cessna 337

Registration

N6381F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albuquerque → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA080

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP DURING A PRACTICE OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE PRIVATE PLT CHANGED HIS CHOICE OF RWYS DURING THE APPROACH. IN A POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW HE STATED THAT HE RAISED THE LNDG GEAR & FORGOT TO RE-EXTEND IT AFTER WSTABLISHING A NEW APPROACH PATTERN FOR THE NEXT LNDG ON RWY 03. THE PREVIOUS LNDGS WERE ON RWY 21. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS FROM 360 DEGS AT 05 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 10 KTS. THE PLT REPORTED ON HIS WRITTEN FORM THAT THERE WAS 'NOT MUCH WIND AND NO TRAFFIC'. HIS RECOMMENDATION--'NEVER FAIL TO DO A GUMP CHECK BEFORE LANDING'. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNCONTROLLED (UNMANNED/NON-EXISTANT TWR) ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.