Baxter Co. Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653
Tuesady, May 13, 1986 17:20 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PIC RPTD GEAR FAILURE AND GEAR WARNING HORN ABOUT 5 TO 10 SECONDS INTO THE LANDING ROLL. THE PIC RPTD 3 IN THE GREEN BEFORE TOUCHDOWN TO THE RWY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED NO MECHANICAL OR OTHER DEFICIENCY. INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OF THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH PRIOR TO THE SWITCH ENGAGEMENT WOULD CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SEQUENCE. GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TESTS PERFORMED ON THE ACFT SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT FAILED TO DISCLOSE A PBLM.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/13/1986
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1720
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City MOUNTAIN HOME
Event State ARKANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 72653
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BAXTER CO.
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 2M9
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 919
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1645 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 260
Weather Observation Facility ID HRO
Elevation of weather observation facility 1364
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 38
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 12000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 13
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
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) 29
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 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 741
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date May 13 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1857
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 31077
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2015K
NTSB Number MKC86LA105
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A36
Aircraft Series Identifier A36
Aircraft Serial Number E1312
Certified Max Gross Weight 3650
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 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 26 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 7
Airframe Hours 1013
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name DR. JAMES SNIPES
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 4720 SO. HARVARD
Operator City TULSA
Operator State OK
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 74135
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code JLN
Departure City JOPLIN
Departure State MO
Departure Country
Departure Time 1650
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 2M9
Destination City MOUNTAIN HOME
Destination State AR
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 23
Runway Length 3500
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --