33.5082° N, 88.4071° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, MS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1983 · 11:45 local
Place
Columbus, MS
Airport
Columbus
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N160RC
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total1,000 in this make and model100 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.
Activated landing gear lever instead of flap lever on the landing roll. Gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
ACTIVATED LANDING GEAR LEVER INSTEAD OF FLAP LEVER ON THE LANDING ROLL. GEAR COLLAPSED.