- Date
- August 27, 1999, 14:26 local (19:26 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N912WJBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990827047749A
- Case key
- 47183
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
the inadvertent retraction of the landing gear by the pilot.
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 while landing, he inadvertently retracted the landing gear after touchdown.
Factual narrative
On August 27, 1999, at 1426 central daylight time, a Beech 58, N912WJ, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing, on runway 26L (7,004 feet by 150 feet, dry/asphalt), at the Spirit of Saint Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot and pilot rated passenger reported no injuries. The local flight originated from the Spirit of Saint Louis Airport about 1400.
In a written statement, the pilot stated that he inadvertently retracted the landing gear on the landing roll when he was attempting to retract the flaps.
Inspection of the aircraft failed to reveal any preexisting anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N912WJ
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-556
- Airframe hours
- 993
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gloria G Bahn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1998 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- SUS
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of Saint Louis, runway 26L, 7,004 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.