# Incident 19981114041939I: Beech 200BEECH, Lovington, NM, November 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1998, 15:37 local time
- Place: Lovington, NM
- Airport: Lea County Lovington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9445° N, 103.3492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lovington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9445&lon=-103.3492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25BL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 892 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114041939I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRMAN WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH LANDING GEAR OPERATION. HE THOUGHT THAT WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE GEAR SAFETY LATCH WAS ENGAGED, PREVENTING GEAR RETRACTION.  HE PLACED HAND ON GEAR HANDLE UPON LANDING, AND BEFORE TOUCH DONW, REMOVED HAND TO RETARD THROTTLES, INAVERTLY RETRACTING LANDING GEAR.  GEAR WAS REPORTED BY PILOT NOT TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY.  OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHECK BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.

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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