# Accident 20000318006179A: Beech 58, Festus, MO, March 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2000, 21:15 local time
- Place: Festus, MO
- Airport: Festus Memorial Aprt
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2204° N, 90.4006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2204&lon=-90.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19WM-2006-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000318006179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT SAYS THAT WHILE LANDING ON RWY 36 AT FESTUS, HE MISTAKENLY PUT GEAR UP THINKING IT WAS FLAPS. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE INCLUDING DAMAGE TO BELLY STRINGERS, RH FALSE SPAR/WINGTIP DAMAGE, LH FLAP DESTROYED, LANDING GEAR DOORS, RADOME, RH FLAP DAMAGE, BOTH ENGINES, BOTH PROPS.

## 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 CHI00LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA091), Mar 19, 2000: Beech 58 (N19WM), Festus, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps 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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