# NTSB CEN12CA618: Beech V35, N149G, Decatur, TX, September 8, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 8, 2012, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: Decatur, TX - Coordinates: 33.254165, -97.580558 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5806&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 22, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 84979 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA618 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84979/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84979 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA618 ## Probable cause The pilot's inattention during the landing roll, which resulted in retraction of the landing gear instead of the flaps. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech V35, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md?model=1151538), [All aircraft, 330 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md) - [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Unintentional use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech V35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md?model=1151538), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech V35, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=1151538), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) ## Analysis After landing at the destination airport, the pilot attempted to retract the flaps, but accidently raised the landing gear instead. As the airplane began to settle, the pilot attempted to extend the gear, but was unable to do so before the airplane collapsed onto the runway and slid along its belly. An examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that he had less than 1 hour in the accident airplane make and model. He further stated that he used a technique he had developed to land a different airplane, where the flap and landing gear levers were in opposite locations. ## Factual narrative After landing at the destination airport, the pilot attempted to retract the flaps, but accidently raised the landing gear. As the airplane began to settle, the pilot attempted to extend the gear, but an unable to do so before the airplane collapsed onto the runway and slid along its belly. An examination of the airplane revealed that that the airplane had substantial damage was sustained to the left wing. The pilot reported less than an hour in type, and utilized a technique he had developed to land a different airplane, where the locations of the flap and gear levers were in opposite locations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N149G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N149G), registered now, S/N D-8100, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH V35 - Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: D-8100 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Private individual - Registered owner: Metro Flyers Ltd - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KLUD, Decatur, TX - Destination: KLUD, Decatur, TX - Airport: KLUD, Decatur Municipal, runway 35, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 9,999 total, 1 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 13 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: KLUD ## Other investigations on N149G (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 FTW95LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA353), Aug 19, 1995: Beech 35N (N149G), Creede, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE BY THE PILOT TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST AND LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 26, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84979. 66 KB in all. - Correspondence: Record of conversation with responding FAA FSDO inspector (item 1, .PDF, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40381981&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence%3A%20Record%20of%20conversation%20with%20responding%20FAA%20FSDO%20inspector-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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