Battle Mountain Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820
Wednesday, July 12, 2000 18:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane landed gear up. The pilot did not verify that the landing gear handle was in the down position, or that the landing gear light was illuminated with a green light. He also did not check the mirror located on the airplane to verify that the landing gear was in the extended position. The pilot also stated that he did not follow a mental or printed checklist during the landing sequence of the approach. He had flown the airplane earlier that day with no discrepancies noted with the landing gear system.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear, and his failure to follow the published before landing checklist concerning extension of the landing gear.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/12/2000
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1845
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City BATTLE MOUNTAIN
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89820
Event Date Year 2000
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport BATTLE MOUNTAIN
Event Location Nearest Airport ID BAM
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 4532
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1856 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 242
Weather Observation Facility ID RNO
Elevation of weather observation facility 4412
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 170
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 12000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 84
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 43
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 290
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 10910
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 13 2000 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1445
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Nov 1 2001 7:36AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3273D
NTSB Number LAX00TA263
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 337G
Aircraft Series Identifier 337G
Aircraft Serial Number 33701491
Certified Max Gross Weight 4630
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jun 2 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 54
Airframe Hours 2110
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JAHARIS FAMILY TRUST
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City REDDING
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 96002
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name US DEPT OF INTERIOR
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 15428
Operator City BOISE
Operator State ID
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 83715
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Public Use
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BOI
Departure City BOISE
Departure State ID
Departure Country
Departure Time 1730
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code BAM
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 17 2001 10:40AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 21
Runway Length 7299
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --