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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 2024 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Flight School of Anderson |
| Registration: | N333HE |
| MSN: | TE-1068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenville-Donaldson Center Airport (GDC/KGYH), Greenville, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bristol, VA/Johnson City/Kingsport-Tri-Cities Regional, TN (TRI/KTRI) |
| Greenville-Donaldson Center Airport, SC (GDC/KGYH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After an instrument flight rules cross-country flight, the pilot received multiple radar vectors from air traffic control for traffic and after mis-identifying the destination airport for a visual approach. He then had difficulty identifying the runway while looking toward the setting sun and setting up the GPS to identify a 2-mile final approach to the runway. On final approach, he was paying close attention to departing traffic on the landing runway and stated that he configured the airplane for landing but neglected to lower the landing gear. He heard the landing gear position warning horn and realized that he had forgotten to extend the landing gear when the airplane settled onto the runway. The airplane skidded down the asphalt, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/04/25/faa-investigating-after-lane-lands-without-gear-airport-greenville/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194149
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N333HE
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N333HE/history/20240424/2007Z/KTRI/KGYH
https://flightschoolofanderson.com/aircraft-rental-2/
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/4d85a72a96d5fa1a4afa6204731420331e3b8fc7 (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2024 12:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Apr-2024 14:25 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-Apr-2024 14:27 | ASN | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 25-Apr-2024 15:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 14-May-2024 15:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 22-Jun-2024 00:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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