# Accident 19940306044369A: Beech 58P, Billings, MT, March 6, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1994, 09:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717HL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717HL-2017-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA94LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940306044369A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING.

## 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 SEA94LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA074), Mar 6, 1994: Beech 58P (N717HL), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR WHILE ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N717HL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930416016769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930416016769I), Apr 16, 1993: Beech 58P (N717HL), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Pilot made hard landing. Porpoised. Made go around. Almost landed gear up. Made another go around. Landed safely.
- [Incident 19821008062879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821008062879I), Oct 8, 1982: Beech 58P (N717HL), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft with left wing while taxiing to a tee hangar.

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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