Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lambert-St Louis International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
St. Louis, Missouri 63134
Thursday, December 10, 2009 18:56 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot reported that the landing gear failed to extend prior to landing. His attempts to manually extend the landing gear in accordance with the manual extension procedure from the airplane flight manual were not successful. He subsequently executed an emergency gear-up landing. A postaccident inspection revealed that the emergency gear engagement handle was not in the engaged position. When the handle was engaged, subsequent movement of the extension lever manually lowered the landing gear. Further examination revealed that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was open (popped). The landing gear motor and circuit breaker were located under the cabin floor aft of the forward wing spar. When the circuit breaker was reset and electrical power applied to the airplane, the landing gear was successfully extended using the normal procedure.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to properly follow the manual landing gear extension procedure, resulting in a gear-up landing.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/10/2009 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1856 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | St. Louis |
| Event State | MISSOURI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 63134 |
| Event Date Year | 2009 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 384455N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0902212W |
| Event Location Airport | Lambert-St Louis International |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | STL |
| 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 | 618 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1851 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 180 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | STL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 618 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| 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) | -4 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -15 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.24 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KSTL 110051Z 21008KT 10SM CLR M04/M15 A3024 |
| 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 | 7 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 26764 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA-St Loius FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 1 2010 12:33PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N411BL |
| NTSB Number | CEN10LA076 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | 200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | BB-448 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 12500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 11 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 25 2009 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 81 |
| Airframe Hours | 9648 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BUTLER AVIATION INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | HOUMA |
| Aircraft Owner State | LA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 70363-5492 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | BUTLER AVIATION INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | HOUMA |
| Operator State | LA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 70363-5492 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MKC |
| Departure City | Kansas City |
| Departure State | MO |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | STL |
| Destination City | St. Louis |
| Destination State | MO |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 1 2010 12:33PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 24 |
| Runway Length | 7602 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |