ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179488
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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 2015 |
| Time: | 20:35 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Midwest Air Link |
| Registration: | N4199S |
| MSN: | TH-736 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3243 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY), Gary, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Columbus, IN (BAK) |
| Gary, IN (GYY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he lowered the landing gear about 5 miles from the airport while flying an instrument approach. While on short final and as he was turning off the airplane’s positioning lights so that the landing gear indicator lights would brighten, the propellers struck the runway, indicating that he likely loss situational awareness of the airplane’s altitude above the runway. The airplane then skidded on its belly on the runway. The examination of the airplane revealed that the wing spar sustained substantial damage. The nose landing gear (NLG) doors sustained scraping damage consistent with the NLG being retracted upon touchdown.
During postaccident examinations, the main landing gear and NLG lowered and raised normally, and the landing gear indicator lights operated normally. The landing checklist should be accomplished after the landing gear is lowered and the airplane is in the landing configuration. While on short final, if there are doubts about the landing gear configuration, a go-around should be accomplished. Given that the pilot had not ensured that the landing gear was down, he should have conducted a go-around.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was down while on short final, his subsequent failure to conduct a go-around, and his loss of situational awareness of the airplane’s altitude above the runway while landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4199S
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4199S/history/20150911/0100Z/KBAK/KGYY
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2015 16:01 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 15:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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