Beechcraft D-50 N100AV

Summary

On 17 November 1995 at about 20:30 local time, a Beechcraft D-50 registered N100AV was involved in an accident near Jackson, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 November 1995 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, California, United States

Nearest airport

Westover Field, Amador Co (O70)

Coordinates

38.3501, -120.7692

Aircraft

Beechcraft D-50

Registration

N100AV

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Herald → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA047

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the pilot-in-command to follow the pre-landing checklist which resulted in his failure to extend the landing gear and an inadvertent wheels-up landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Two witnesses reported observing the aircraft approach and land with the landing gear retracted. The pilot acknowledged that he forgot to extend the landing gear. He reported that the landing gear warning horn sounded when he retarded engine power in the landing flare but that there was insufficient time to increase power before the propellers contacted the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.