Roseburg Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Roseburg, Oregon 97470
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 15:13 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the pilot, while on the downwind leg for landing he used the airplane's checklist. However, his attention was "focused outside the cockpit," and he apparently "forgot" to lower the landing gear. No mechanical malfunctions or failures occurred with the airplane, and it slid to a stop with retracted landing gear.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to follow the landing checklist, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/8/2009
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1513
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Roseburg
Event State OREGON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 97470
Event Date Year 2009
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 431420N
Event Location Longitude 1232121W
Event Location Airport Roseburg Regional
Event Location Nearest Airport ID RBG
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 529
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1453 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID RBG
Elevation of weather observation facility 529
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 5000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Overcast
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 13
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 6
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 250
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.92
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 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 26245
NTSB Notification Source FAA NWR Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 23 2009 2:56PM
User who most recently changed record johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N333HP
NTSB Number WPR09LA189
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A36TC
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number TG-89
Certified Max Gross Weight 5990
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 3971
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name Fred J. Brandenfels
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Eugene
Aircraft Owner State OR
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 97405
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Fred J. Brandenfels
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Eugene
Operator State OR
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 97405
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code RBG
Departure City Roseburg
Departure State OR
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1508
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code RBG
Destination City Roseburg
Destination State OR
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 29 2009 4:04PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34
Runway Length 4602
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --