LAX86LA035
1985-11-06 · FRESNO, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport FAT
Current FAA registration · N3674G
- Make / Model
- BEECH 58
- Year of manufacture
- 1980 · 5 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 6 seats · 2 engines
- Last airworthiness date
- 19800519
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A42938
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE ACFT APPROACHED THE RWY FOR LANDING WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO GO AROUND BUT THE PLT CONTINUED THE APCH AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSEDTHE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_LAX86LA035.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
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