Beech BE-58 accident near Jackson, Mississippi, October 19, 1998
On October 19, 1998 at about 4:30 pm local time, a Beech BE-58, registered N31CE, was substantially damaged in an accident near Jackson, Mississippi (Jackson International airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was down resulting in a wheels up landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 19, 1998 · about 4:30 pm local time
- Place
- Jackson, Mississippi · Jackson International · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-58
- Registration
- N31CE · no longer on the register · serial TH220
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was making an instrument approach and failed to ensure the landing gear was down. The airplane was landed gear up. Examination of the landing gear assembly revealed no evidence of a precrash mechanical failure or malfunction.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,924 hours in all; 469 in this make and model; 290 in the last 90 days; 109 in the last 30 days; 1,491 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 10,426 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, October 19, 1998; 19 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,400 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental IO-520-LB40 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: JAN at 3:30 pm
- Destination: NEW New Orleans LA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 34L, 8,501 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 300 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 66°F (19°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:35 pm from JAN
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N31CE the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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