- Date
- June 6, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iron Mountain, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1557WBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12638
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that after he made a normal landing, he retracted the gear instead of the flaps. However, there were indicates that the gear was not fully extended during touchdown. The landing gear circuit breaker was found popped. The landing gear safety switch was checked & found to operate properly. Also, the gear warning horn was tested & operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1557W
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH229
- Airframe hours
- 4,624
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Superior Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MQT · Marquette, MI
- Airport
- IMT · Ford, runway 19, 6,500 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 18 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 134 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IMT