# NTSB CHI99LA314: Beech 58, N912WJ, Chesterfield, MO, August 27, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1999, 14:26 local (19:26 UTC)
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Coordinates: 38.649936, -90.580398 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6499&lon=-90.5804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47183
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA314
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47183/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA314

## Probable cause

the inadvertent retraction of the landing gear by the pilot.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear retraction on ground, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-556
- Airframe hours: 993
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19990827047749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827047749A), Aug 27, 1999: Beech 58, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed normally runway 26L, while turning off the runway intended to raise the flaps instead raised the landing gear. All three landing gear…

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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