Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 12 November 1968
Aircraft Type: Convair CV-580
Owner/operator: Tex Johnson Inc
Registration Number: N73135
Location: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (SBA) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Landing gear warning and indicating componentsLanding gear warning and indicating components
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
During a training flight, the aircraft belly-landed due to a failure by two student pilots to extend their landing gear. The pilot in command was not adequately supervising the flight, and the landing gear warning and indicating components failed to function correctly. This resulted in the unplanned landing.During a training flight, the aircraft belly-landed due to a failure by two student pilots to extend their landing gear. The pilot in command was not adequately supervising the flight, and the landing gear warning and indicating components failed to function correctly. This resulted in the unplanned landing.
Description
Belly landed during a training flight. The landing gear warning horn did not sound. PROBABLE CAUSES: dual student – failed to extend landing gear pilot in command – inadequate supervision of flight FACTORS: miscellaneous acts, conditions – checklist-failed to use airframe – landing gear: landing gear warning and indicating components
Primary Cause
Inadequate supervision of flight and failure of student pilots to extend landing gear.Inadequate supervision of flight and failure of student pilots to extend landing gear.Share on:
