# Accident 19890319004059A: Beech A36, Atlanta, GA, March 19, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1989, 11:04 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,143 total, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890319004059A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED UP THEN DOWN AS PLANE LANDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA108), Mar 19, 1989: Beech A36 (N72253), Chamblee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE INATTENTION OF THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN THE INADVERTENT RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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