32.4531° N, 80.7186° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 15, 1982 · 12:10 local
Place
Beaufort, SC
Airport
Beaufort Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8559R
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,480 total78 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Inadvertently retracted the landing gear just prior to turning off runway after landing.
As the FAA filed it
INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR JUST PRIOR TO TURNING OFF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING.