# Accident 20090320009169A: Beech A36, Charleston, MO, March 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Charleston, MO
- Airport: Mississippi County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8422° N, 89.3597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8422&lon=-89.3597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,846 total, 405 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090320009169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 20, 2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT IN N451S AT HIS HOME AIRPORT OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AIRPORT (KCHQ).  UPON MAKING HIS FINAL LANDING AND TAXIING TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO SECURE THE AIRPLANE,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SELECTOR LEVER TO RETRACT THE FLAPS.  UPON MOVING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  I OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE COWLING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE THE SKIN SURFACE AREA OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER INDICATING A LOW POWER SETTING WHEN IT STRUCK THE SURFACE, AND SURFACE SCRATCHED ON THE NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS.

## 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 CEN09CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA356), Mar 20, 2009: Beech A36 (N451S), Charleston, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent use of the landing gear selector handle instead of the flap handle during landing rollout, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear.

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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