- Date
- August 12, 1982, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7239RBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812037899A
- Case key
- 69961
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that after a normal touchdown and a landing roll of 300-500 feet the gear retracted/collapsed. Subsequently, the entire landing gear system was ground checked and normal function of the system was found. The aircraft flaps were found in the one half extended position. In this aircraft the flap and gear handles are adjacent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7239R
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH565
- Airframe hours
- 1,516
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Balco Mechanical Cont., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Balco Mechanical Cont., Inc.
- Departed
- Mobile, AL
- Destination
- Ft. Collins, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham Municipal, runway 5, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,105 total · 1,176 in this make and model · 2,008 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.