ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30936
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Date: | Wednesday 18 November 1998 |
Time: | 15:15 |
Type: | Beechcraft BE-55B Baron |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N21MJ |
MSN: | TC-1508 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12838 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tara Field, Henry County, Hampton, Georgia -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Tara Field, Hampton, GA |
Destination airport: | Tara Field, Hampton, GA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On November 18, 1998, at 15:15 Eastern Standard Time (EST), a Beech BE-55B, N21MJ, landed with the wheels up, and burst into flames at Tara Field, in Hampton, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, with no flight plan filed. The two Federal Aviation Administration Inspectors were not injured, but the airplane was destroyed. The training flight departed Tara Field, in Hampton, Georgia, at 13:20 EST.
According to the pilot, he had completed approximately one hour and forty-five minutes of training, and had returned to the local traffic pattern at Tara Field. On final approach, the pilot executed S-turns to maintain separation from the other airplane that was in the same traffic pattern. The pilot failed to notice that the landing gear warning light was on, and the airplane touched down about 100 feet from the approach end of runway 06. The pilot was able to turn off the battery master switch, the magneto switches, and the generators, but did not close the fuel shut-off. The airplane burst into flames and slid to a stop on the runway.
According to the police report, a witness, located approximately 150 yards from the accident site, observed the airplane landed with the wheels up. Another witness, in a Cessna 172, was taxiing to takeoff on runway 06 when a pilot on the Unicom told him to clear the active runway. He stated that he looked out his right hand side window to see what was coming and saw the Baron sliding on its under side. He also stated that at first he did not see any fire, but sparks came from the airplane as it slid along on the runway surface. After the two occupants evacuated the airplane, it began to burn.
According to the pilot, "The normal landing checklist was used up to the point of lowering the landing gear. However, due to the concerted effort to maintain the separation from the Cessna (another airplane in the traffic pattern), the balance of the checklist was, obviously, not accomplished."
Sources:
1.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=21MJ 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_County_Airport_%E2%80%93_Tara_Field 3.
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001211X11361&ntsbno=ATL99FA021&akey=1 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Jun-2014 00:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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