# NTSB ATL84LA152: Beech E55, N85052, Charleston, SC, April 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1984, 14:37 local (19:37 UTC)
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Coordinates: 32.899295, -80.060066 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8993&lon=-80.0601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6443
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6443/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA152

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR DOOR DAMAGE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED DURING THE LANDING ROLL.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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85052), registered now, S/N TE-1095, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-1095
- Airframe hours: 736
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840425014459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840425014459A), Apr 25, 1984: Beech E55, Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. Landing gear retracted on the landing roll. Damage indicates the gear was retracted by pilot. Flaps were up.

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.

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