- Date
- January 20, 1983, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- St. Jacob, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5712VBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830120001159A
- Case key
- 12073
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Gear collapsed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he inadvertently retracted the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5712V
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE96
- Airframe hours
- 2,589
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.A.W. Construction Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3K6 · St. Jacob, runway 13, 2,600 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,551 total · 504 in this make and model · 1,365 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.