Beechcraft 200 N275X

Summary

On 4 January 2016 at about 14:45 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N275X, operated by Skyway Aircraft Inc, was involved in an accident near Clearwater, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 January 2016 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

St Pete-Clearwater Intl (PIE)

Coordinates

27.9086, -82.6864

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N275X

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

2

Operator

Skyway Aircraft Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St Petersburg → Clearwater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA16CA080

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to properly configure the airplane's landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the multiengine turbine-powered airplane departed on a positioning flight to a nearby airport to have the flaps examined. The pilot performed the landing checklist, which included extending the landing gear when the airplane was about 7 miles from the destination airport. Upon contacting the control tower, he was informed that the airplane was number two to land and was provided a vector for sequencing. After about 4 minutes, the pilot was instructed to turn toward the airport and cleared to land. The pilot stated that during his preparation for a no flap landing, he forgot that he had retracted and not subsequently lowered the landing gear. During the landing flare, the control tower stated "gear" and he attempted to abort the landing; however, the airplane contacted the runway and slid to a stop, about 2,500 feet beyond the beginning of the runway. A fuel bladder leak resulted in a fire in the area of the left engine nacelle and substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated that he did not hear a landing gear warning horn prior to the accident. According to the airplane flight manual, the landing gear warning would activate intermittently with the gear not down below a certain power setting. Postaccident damage precluded a functional check of the landing gear warning system; however, the pilot stated that he utilized additional power during the no flap landing and that he did not recall the specific power setting used. He further reported about 12,600 hours of total flight experience, which included about 955 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.