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March 27, 2001 · Beech 95-B55B (T42A) · N38KS

Watkins, CO

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
March 27, 2001
Injury Outcomes
No injuries (3 uninjured)
Location
Watkins, CO
Aircraft
Beech 95-B55B (T42A)
Tail Number
N38KS
Operator
Enterprise Airline Academy
Injuries
None
Aircraft Damage
Destroyed
NTSB Number
DEN01LA076

While conducting an instructional flight with two student pilots, the flight instructor failed to lower the landing gear prior to a touch-and-go landing. The aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted and caught fire. All three occupants exited without injury. Examination of the aircraft following the accident revealed that the right throttle landing gear warning lever had rotated 90 degrees and was hung up on the left mixture control lever, thus moving the right throttle also moved the left mixture. It could not be determined whether the warning horn rod position affected the landing gear warning system operation.

NTSB Probable Cause

An inadvertent landing gear retracted landing by the CFI during an instructional flight conducting a touch-and-go landing.

Full Narrative

On March 27, 2001, at 1540 mountain standard time, a Beech 95-B55B (T42A), N38KS, was destroyed by post impact fire following an unintentional landing gear retracted landing at Front Range Airport, Watkins, Colorado. The airline transport certificated flight instructor and his two students were not injured. The flight was operating as an instructional flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the flight which departed Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado, at approximately 1440. The flight instructor said he forgot to lower the landing gear. Following the accident, the two student pilots were interviewed by an FAA inspector. They related that the only aircraft problem they were aware of was that the mixtures moved when the throttle setting was adjusted. A subsequent examination of the aircraft revealed that the right throttle landing gear warning lever had rotated 90 degrees and was hung up on the left mixture control. When the right throttle was moved, the left mixture moved with it. The left throttle landing gear warning rod was fixed in its proper position. Due to aircraft damage, it is unknown if this condition affected the operation of the landing gear warning system.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time15:40 MST
Nearest AirportFront Range (1nm)
Runway8
Runway Length8000 ft
Runway Width100 ft
Flight Plan FiledNone
Flight Plan ActivatedNo
Aircraft FireGrd
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftBeech 95-B55B (T42A)
Tail NumberN38KS
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageDestroyed
OperatorEnterprise Airline Academy
Operating RulePart 91
Engines2
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsLycoming · IO-470 · Reciprocating · 260
Seats4

People & Injuries

Injury SummaryNo injuries (3 uninjured)
Fatal0
Serious0
Minor0
Uninjured3
Total3
Crew 1Age 63 · Second Class · None
Crew 2None
Crew 3None

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind350° @ 6 kt, gusting 18 kt
Visibility7 sm
CeilingBroken clouds 4800 ft
Temperature / Dew Point48 / 30 C
Altimeter29.89 inHg
Observation Time21:53
Weather SourceWFAC

Appendix: Source Data