Beechcraft 58 N7219H

Summary

On 1 October 2003 at about 22:38 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N7219H was involved in an incident near Columbus, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 October 2003 at 22:38

Classification

Incident

Location

Columbus, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Columbus-Lowndes County Airpor (UBS)

Coordinates

33.4525, -88.3689

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N7219H

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL04IA010

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to follow the pre-landing checklist, and his failure to extend the landing gear which resulted in a wheels up landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon returning to the airport the pilot requested a traffic advisory and a glider pilot announced he was in the traffic pattern for runway 36. The pilot announced that he would extend his downwind and base to final to give the glider time to land. He stated that he went through his pre-landing checklist but elected not to lower the gear at that time, instead he lowered the flaps and proceeded to turn base to final. He said that he spotted the glider on the ground about one mile out on final and proceeded to land and forgot that he had not lowered his landing gear until he heard the gear warning horn and landed with the gear retracted. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane during the landing. According to the pilot, he had accumulated over 750 landings in retractable geared airplanes and had never forgot to put the gear down until now.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.