CHI85LA119

1985-02-21 · ATHENS, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport UNI

Aircraft involved

N1500U Beech N35 None

Factual narrative

FOLLOWING ONE HOUR OF AIRWORK THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE STUDENT LOWERED THE GEAR ON DOWNWIND. HE STATED FURTHER THAT THEY BOTH CHECKED THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ON BASE LEG AND FINAL APPROACH AND THE INDICATOR SHOWED GEAR DOWN BOTH TIMES. DURING THE FLARE THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND THE INSTRUCTOR NOW SAW THAT THE GEAR INDICATOR NOW SHOWED GEAR UP. POWER WAS ADVANCED BUT THE AIRCRFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE GEAR COMPONENTS WERE EXAMINED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT AND NO MALFUNCTIONS COULD BE FOUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85LA119.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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