At 12:10 Pacific time, a Beech BE-55 landed gear-up at San Bernardino. The instructor and student were not injured. The student told police he was receiving flight instruction for his commercial certificate and had just completed two touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. He was on his third touch-and-go to runway 24 when he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown. The instructor said he did not hear the gear warning horn prior to the accident.
Jan. 27, San Bernardino, Calif. / Beech Baron
At 12:10 Pacific time, a Beech BE-55 landed gear-up at San Bernardino. The instructor and student were not injured. The student told police he was receiving flight instruction for his commercial certificate and had just completed two touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. He was on his third touch-and-go to runway 24 when he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown. The instructor said he did not hear the gear warning horn prior to the accident....
Key Takeaways:
- A Beech BE-55 aircraft made a gear-up landing at San Bernardino during a student's commercial flight training.
- The student pilot, who was performing their third touch-and-go landing, forgot to lower the landing gear prior to touchdown.
- Neither the student nor the instructor was injured; the instructor reported not hearing the gear warning horn before the incident.
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