# NTSB CHI08CA110: Beech 95-B55, N8991M, Lansing, MI, April 18, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 18, 2008, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.777778, -84.586669
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7778&lon=-84.5867&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67968
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67968/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA110

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent raising of the landing gear during rollout.

## 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 95-B55 (T42A), 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1152706), [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.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A), 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1152706), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he touched down on runway 24 in the twin-engine airplane.  He intended to raise the flaps to increase the braking effectiveness, but he raised the landing gear instead of the flaps.  The landing gear retracted during rollout and the airplane sustained substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he touched down on runway 24 in the twin-engine airplane.  He intended to raise the flaps to increase the braking effectiveness, but he raised the landing gear instead of the flaps.  The landing gear retracted during rollout and the airplane sustained substantial damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8991M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8991M), registered now, S/N TC-937, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC 937
- Engines: Continental IO470-L reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hilgy's
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TKV, Tomahawk, WI
- Destination: LAN, Lansing, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LAN, Capital City Airport, runway 24

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Co-pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20080418854889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080418854889A), Apr 18, 2008: Beech 95B55, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed rwy 24 in lan while on the rollout the pilot placed the gear selector in the up position while on the ground. The gear retracted and…

## Other investigations on N8991M (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 CHI68F0332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0332), Sep 25, 1967: Beech 95B55 (N8991M), Detroit, MI, substantial damage

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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