19851216063529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA31T · Spartanburg, SC · December 16, 1985

Date
December 16, 1985 · 13:15 local
Place
Spartanburg, SC
Airport
Memorial
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4445K
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL86LA043
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Report indicates that pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on landing rollout.

As the FAA filed it

REPORT INDICATES THAT PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ROLLOUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.