# NTSB CEN12CA613: Beech A36, N41HC, Washington, MO, August 7, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 7, 2012, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Washington, MO
- Coordinates: 38.590278, -90.991111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5903&lon=-90.9911&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO St Louis
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA613
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84961/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84961
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA613

## Probable cause

The pilot raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle during a touch-and-go landing, resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear while accelerating to takeoff.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A36, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech A36, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After an uneventful local flight, the pilot was intending to do a few touch-and-go landings at his destination airport. After touchdown and accelerating to takeoff, the pilot mistakenly raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage at the nose gear attachment point. The pilot exited the airplane uninjured.

## Factual narrative

After an uneventful local flight, the pilot was intending to do a few touch-and-go landings at his destination airport. After touchdown and accelerating to takeoff, the pilot mistakenly raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage at the nose gear attachment point. The pilot exited the airplane uninjured.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41HC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41HC), registered now, S/N E-592, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-592
- Airframe hours: 5524
- Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clifton Land
- Registered owner: Clifton Land
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 2, 2011
- Departed: 1H0, Creve Coeur, MO
- Destination: FYG, Washington, MO
- Airport: FYG, Washington Regional, runway 15, 5,001 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 8, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 2,015 total, 1,023 in this make and model, 1,786 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: SUS, 17 nm away

## 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 20120807021299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807021299A), Aug 7, 2012: Beech A36, Washington, MO, Substantial damage. While conducting a touch and go landing at Washington, MO airport (fyg) the pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear instead of the flaps as he intended.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84961. 3.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396440&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Pilot Statement (item 2, .PDF, 225 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396441&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20Statement-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1 Airplane Damage (item 3, .PDF, 86 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396442&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20Airplane%20Damage-Master.PDF

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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