Beech C-45H incident near Columbia, Missouri, July 18, 1984
On July 18, 1984 at about 2:40 am local time, a Beech C-45H, registered N492DM, suffered minor damage in an incident near Columbia, Missouri (Regional 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 visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 18, 1984 · about 2:40 am local time
- Place
- Columbia, Missouri · Regional · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech C-45H · all C-45Hs on the register
- Registration
- N492DM · registry record · serial AF-804
- Damage
- Minor 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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEN ARRIVING AT COLUMBIA. HE STATED THAT HE WENT THRU THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES & MADE TWO LANDING ATTEMPTS BUT FELT THE GEAR WAS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE & MADE GO-AROUNDS. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE NOSE & MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION FAILED TO REVEAL THE POINT OF INITIAL FAILURE.
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: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,700 hours in all; 600 in this make and model; 45 in the last 90 days; 4,000 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 31,670 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection; 34 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 8,625 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W R-985 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Astro Airways CORP.
The flight
- Departed from: OMA Omaha NE
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 2, 6,500 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:06 am from COU
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 N492DM the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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