Beech 200 N411BL accident near St. Louis, Missouri

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to properly follow the manual landing gear extension procedure, resulting in a gear-up landing.

NTSB analysis

The pilot reported that the landing gear failed to extend prior to landing. His attempts to manually extend the landing gear in accordance with the manual extension procedure from the airplane flight manual were not successful. He subsequently executed an emergency gear-up landing. A postaccident inspection revealed that the emergency gear engagement handle was not in the engaged position. When the handle was engaged, subsequent movement of the extension lever manually lowered the landing gear. Further examination revealed that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was open (popped). The landing gear motor and circuit breaker were located under the cabin floor aft of the forward wing spar. When the circuit breaker was reset and electrical power applied to the airplane, the landing gear was successfully extended using the normal procedure.

Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN10LA076 for the full record.