# NTSB DEN00LA060: Beech B55, N13RJ, Ogden, UT, March 16, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 16, 2000, 13:56 local (20:56 UTC) - Place: Ogden, UT - Coordinates: 41.150505, -111.979637 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1505&lon=-111.9796&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48852 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA060 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48852/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA060 ## Probable cause Inadvertent landing gear retraction by person(s) undetermined. A factor was the inadequate supervision of the flight by the flight instructor. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll - gear retraction - inadvertent, unknown (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) - Main gear collapsed, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilots had been practicing instrument approaches, and they decided to land. The owner-pilot receiving instruction made a normal landing but during the rollout, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid on its nose, then began to veer to the left. The right main landing gear then collapsed. An FAA inspector who examined the airplane found the landing gear selector in the DOWN position, and the flap handle in the UP position. The landing gear doors were open. The landing gear torque tubes were bent and not broken. ## Factual narrative On March 16, 2000, at 1356 mountain standard time, a Beech B55, N13RJ, was substantially damaged when the nose landing gear, and right main landing gear, collapsed during landing roll at Ogden-Hinkley Field, Ogden, Utah. The commercial certificated flight instructor (pilot in command) and the private pilot receiving instruction (aircraft owner) were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Salt Lake City, Utah, approximately 1320. According to the accident report submitted by the aircraft owner, the two pilots had been practicing instrument approaches, and they decided to land. The owner said he made a normal landing but during the rollout, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid on its nose, then began to veer to the left. The right main landing gear then collapsed. Fuselage bulkheads, stringers, and ribs were damaged. According to the FAA inspector who examined the airplane, the landing gear selector was in the DOWN position, and the flap handle was in the UP position. He said the gear motor, which later tested satisfactory, had to have been working because the gear doors were open. In addition, he said the landing gear torque tubes were bent and not broken. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13RJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13RJ), registered now, S/N TC-2247 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech B55 - Registry model: [Beech B-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (registry code 1152729) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7C-2247 - Airframe hours: 1733 - Engines: Continental IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Mark E. Towner - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 13, 1999 - Departed: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Airport: OGD, Ogden-Hinkley Field, runway 3, 8,103 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 700 total, 41 in this make and model, 646 as pilot in command, 137 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OGD ## 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 20000316004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316004819A), Mar 16, 2000: Beech 95B55, Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing rollout retracted landing gear instead of flaps. (.4)the pilots had been practicing instrument approaches, and they decided to land. The… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.