No fatalities

Aircraft Lands Without Landing Gear After Second Approach

Spanoway, WA, United States

On September 4, 2012, a BEECH 95-55 operated by James Postma was involved in an aviation accident near Spanoway, WA. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 1 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

SourcesNTSBPrimary reportUpdated 2026-08-03Data APIEditorial standards

A pilot landed an aircraft with the landing gear retracted after a go-around. The pilot and passenger exited before the aircraft caught fire.

Incident Overview and Sequence of Events The pilot initiated a go-around during the first approach and subsequently raised the landing gear and flaps. During the second approach, the pilot lowered the flaps partially but did not lower the landing gear. The pilot later stated that he did not believe the gear warning had activated. ## Outcome and Emergency Egress The aircraft landed with the landing gear up. Following the landing, both the pilot and his passenger were able to exit the airplane before it caught fire. No further details regarding the aircraft type, registration, operator, location, or date are provided in the source material.

Contributing factors

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