# NTSB DEN85LA116: Beech 58TC, N123BC, Gallup, NM, April 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1985, 07:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Coordinates: 35.520118, -108.730529 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5201&lon=-108.7305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16664/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA116

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N123BC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123BC), registered now, S/N TK-41, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- Registry model: [Beech 58TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (registry code 1152746) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TK41
- Airframe hours: 1027
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850416012469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850416012469A), Apr 16, 1985: Beech 58TC, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. Raised gear lever instead of flap switch during landing rollout. Landing gear retracted.

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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