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CHI86LA187

1986-07-25 · CHARLEVOIX, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport CVX

N2317V has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36, built 1998), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT,ON THEIR FIRST APPROACH THEY WERE UNABLE TO SEE THE AIRPORT AT 1300 FEET, SO THEY RAISED THE GEAR AND FLAPS AND CLIMBED TO 1800 FEET, AT WHICH TIME THEY SAW THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A VFR LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AND FORGOT THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY RAISED HIS GEAR AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT ATTRIBUTES HIS FORGETTING THE GEAR, TO BEING DISTRACTED BY THE COPILOT AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LAST MINUTE DECISION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_CHI86LA187.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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