DEN85LA116

NTSB accident investigation · Beech 58TC · Gallup, NM · April 16, 1985

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
April 16, 1985, 07:15 local (14:15 UTC)
Place
Gallup, NM
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N123BCBeech 58TC
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19850416012469A
Case key
16664

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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.

Gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown
Gear retraction - inadvertentPilot in commandCause
InattentivePilot in commandCause

Analysis

The pilot stated that he inadvertently raised the landing gear during the landing roll.

Aircraft

Registration
N123BC
Reported as
Beech 58TC
Category
Airplane
Serial number
TK41
Airframe hours
1,027
Engine
Continental TSIO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Business · Part 91
Registered owner
T. Brown Construction Co
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · November 14, 1984 · 8 hours before
Departed
ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
Airport
GUP · Gallup Muni, runway 24, 6,300 × 100 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
52
Certificate
Airline transport
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
6,025 total · 38 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
Calm
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
43 °F, dew point 27 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
GUP

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.