- Date
- April 25, 1984, 14:37 local (19:37 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85052Beech E55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840425014459A
- Case key
- 6443
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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
After the landing the acft landing gear retracted during a period of maximum braking to avoid an arresting cable. During the examination of the landing gear door damage it was determined that the landing gear was retracted during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85052
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-1095
- Airframe hours
- 736
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry J. Wurster
- Registered owner
- John E. Blackwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1983 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- JZI · John Island, SC
- Airport
- CHS · Charleston Afb, runway 33, 9,001 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 68
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,560 total · 100 in this make and model · 18,560 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.