# NTSB DEN86LA196: Beech 95-B55, N67297, Fargo, ND, July 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 13, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17010/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA196

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THAT HE ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SWITCH DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE ACFT TO SETTLE ON THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N67297 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-2303
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard Davis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 1, 1986
- Departed: 04Y, HAWLEY, MN
- Destination: FAR, FARGO, ND
- Airport: FAR, Hector, runway 17, 9,546 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,082 total, 115 in this make and model, 1,014 as pilot in command, 127 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19860713032609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860713032609A), Jul 13, 1986: Beech 95B55, Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. Inadvertently retracted the landing gear during a touch and go while the aircraft was still on the ground.

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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