- Date
- April 22, 1990, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Richmond, WI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17577Beech E 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900422014689A
- Case key
- 14659
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper use of the landing gear mechanism during the landing roll, which resulted in the partial collapse of the landing gear.
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 pilot stated that he had extended the landing gear and flaps during the downwind leg of the traffic pattern; his passenger and a ground witness confirmed that the gear was extended during the final approach and touchdown phase of flight. The pilot reported that he visually verified that the gear was down and locked prior to touchdown, but shortly after touchdown the left wing started lowering as the left main and nose gear collapsed. Post-accident examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of pre-impact malfunction; the FAA inspector reported that the 'entire landing gear system was in a transit mode....during the landing roll....' The pilot stated that he might have inadvertently retracted the landing gear, but he did not remember.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17577
- Reported as
- Beech E 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-1091
- Airframe hours
- 1,837
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Drury, Colin J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1989 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- RNH · New Richmond Municipal, runway 13, 3,000 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,746 total · 173 in this make and model · 2,557 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.