- Date
- March 18, 2000, 21:15 local (Mar 19, 2000, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Festus, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19WMBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000318006179A
- Case key
- 48803
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Probable cause
the pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he was performing a short field landing when the accident occurred. He reported he intended to raise the flaps during the landing roll to '...shift weight of the aircraft to the wheels to assist in stopping.' The pilot reported that instead of retracting the flaps he inadvertently retracted the landing gear. The pilot's recommendation as to how the accident could have been prevented was 'Do not touch anything until clear of runway.'
Factual narrative
On March 18, 2000, at 2115 central standard time, a Beech 58, N19WM, operated by Multi-Aero, Inc., collided with the terrain following an inadvertant landing gear retraction after touchdown on runway 36 (2,202' x 49') at the Festus Memorial Airport, Festus, Missouri. The pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and an IFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Dexter, Missouri, at 2040 cst.
The pilot reported he was performing a short field landing when the accident occurred. He reported he intended to raise the flaps during the landing roll to "...shift weight of the aircraft to the wheels to assist in stopping." The pilot reported that instead of retracting the flaps he inadvertently retracted the landing gear.
The pilot's recommendation as to how the accident could have been prevented was "Do not touch anything until clear of runway."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19WM
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH 393
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Multi-Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DXE · Dexter, MO
- Destination
- FES
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FES · Festus Memorial, runway 36, 2,202 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 340 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.