Kingman Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Kingman, Arizona 86401
Thursday, December 13, 2001 17:45 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane made a gear-up landing during a positioning flight following landing gear maintenance. The airplane had been flown to a maintenance facility for landing gear retraction problems. The landing gear system had been worked on, and the landing gear warning system had been checked. The pilot flew the airplane back to its base and conducted several prelanding checks while on the 5-mile final approach. He retarded the throttle for landing and noticed the airplane sink. The airplane impacted the ground with the landing gear retracted and skidded to a stop. The airplane then erupted into flames, burning the cockpit and cabin. The pilot did not remember whether or not he extended the landing gear, but he did recall not hearing any warning horns when he retarded the throttles. The landing gear system could not be checked due to the post accident fire damage.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's failure to complete and verify the prelanding checklist and extend the landing gear, which resulted in the gear-up landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/13/2001
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1745
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City Kingman
Event State ARIZONA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 86401
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 351534N
Event Location Longitude 1135617W
Event Location Airport Kingman
Event Location Nearest Airport ID IGM
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 3449
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1656 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID IGM
Elevation of weather observation facility 3449
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 8
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.18
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 16312
NTSB Notification Source
NTSB Notification Date Dec 13 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1700
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Sep 29 2004 1:02PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Las Vegas, NV

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1016T
NTSB Number LAX02LA047
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model 95
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number TD-108
Certified Max Gross Weight 5100
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 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 10000
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Sheble Aviation & Flight School Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 7100A Flightline Drive
Aircraft Owner City Kingman
Aircraft Owner State AZ
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 86429
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code EED
Departure City Needles
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1615
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code IGM
Destination City Kingman
Destination State AZ
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred Yes
Date of most recent change to record Jul 16 2004 6:13PM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 3
Runway Length 6831
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --