Cessna 501 N2BT

Summary

On 19 October 1986 at about 17:16 local time, a Cessna 501 registered N2BT was involved in an accident near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 October 1986 at 17:16

Classification

Accident

Location

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Little Rock (LIT)

Coordinates

34.7494, -92.2798

Aircraft

Cessna 501

Registration

N2BT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Norfolk → Little Rock

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87LA009

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 PIC STATED THAT HE HAD TO FLY A FASTER THAN NORMAL APPRCH TO THE OUTER MARKER FOR THE ILS APPRCH AS INSTRUCTED BY APPRCH CONTROL. APPRCH CNTL INDICATED THAT A BOEING 727 WAS NO. 2 FOR THE APPRCH AND THAT THE PIC SHOULD MAINTAIN 230 KTS TILL FURTHER ADVISED. THE PIC STATED THAT HE COMPLIED WITH THE RQST. THE PIC STATED THAT ONCE PAST THE OUTER MARKER HE INITIATED THE SLOW DOWN OF THE ACFT BY RETARDING THROTTLES AND DEPLOYING SPOILERS. THE DISTANCE IN WHICH TO SLOW THE ACFT IS 4.2 MILES FM THE OUTER MARKER. THE PIC STATED THAT HE DISABLED THE GEAR WARNING HORN WHEN HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND NEVER RESET THE WARNING HORN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE APPROACH. THE LANDING CHECK WAS NOT COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE ACFT CONTACTING THE RWY. THE PIC STATED THAT POOR CREW COORDINATION AND THE HIGH SPD DURING THE APPRCH CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR UP LNDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.