# NTSB ERA14CA307: Beech 58, N93HS, Tupelo, MS, June 13, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 13, 2014, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Tupelo, MS - Coordinates: 34.259536, -88.729393 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2595&lon=-88.7294&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 27, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - NTSB case key (mKey): 89509 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA307 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89509/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89509 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA307 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear on the runway, which resulted in a landing gear collapse. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action sequence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041020): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 77 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Unintentional use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, during the landing roll, he inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The landing gear retracted, and the airplane impacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, during the landing roll, he inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The landing gear retracted, and the airplane impacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: N93HS (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58 (UNDESIGNAT) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH-1107 - Year built: 1980 - Airframe hours: 4640 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating; CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Kenneth Austin - Registered owner: Total Asset Management LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 4, 2013, 49 hours before - Departed: TUP, Tupelo, MS - Destination: TUP, Tupelo, MS - Airport: TUP, Tupelo Regional, runway 36, 7,150 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 5, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 370 total, 86 in this make and model, 296 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.93 inHg - Observed at: TUP ## 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 20140613012929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140613012929A), Jun 13, 2014: Beech 58, Tupelo, MS, Substantial damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear instead of flaps during touch and go landing. ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 20, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89509. 3.3 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 259 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417825&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Record of Conversation (item 2, .PDF, 48 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417826&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation-Master.PDF - Photo 1 - Buckled Fuselage (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 3.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40417827&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Buckled%20Fuselage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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