# NTSB DEN86LA255: Beech B58, N9025V, Fargo, ND, September 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 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): 17051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17051/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA255

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE INADERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR ALONG WITH THE FLAPS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9025V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9025V-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N TH-161, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH161
- Airframe hours: 5079
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Johnson Construction Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 14, 1986, 105 hours before
- Departed: BIS, BISMARCK, ND
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FAR, Hector, runway 35, 9,546 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 5,250 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR

## 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 19860919045719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860919045719A), Sep 19, 1986: Beech 58, Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during rollout.

## Other investigations on N9025V (2)

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.

- [NTSB MIA98WA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA194), Jul 8, 1998: Beech BE58 (N9025V), Belize City, Belize, destroyed, 4 fatal
- [NTSB DEN87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA062), Mar 6, 1987: Beech 58 (N9025V), Bismarck, ND, substantial damage

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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