- Date
- September 8, 2024, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6037MBeech 58
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20240908014319A
- Case key
- 195098
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Damage to the landing gear selector switch wire bundle which resulted in an inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the takeoff roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the pilot accelerated the airplane to rotation speed. Upon starting to rotate the airplane, the nose landing gear began a retraction sequence, collapsing under the airplane, and the pilot reduced the throttles to idle and applied the brakes. The main landing gear also retracted, and the airplane slid to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. Both the pilot and the pilot rated passenger verified that the landing gear handle was in the down position prior to and after the accident sequence. Postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed damage to several wires leading to the landing gear selector switch on the instrument panel. The wires were found to be actively arcing when moved or touched.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6037M
- Reported as
- Beech 58 (UNDESIGNATED SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1022
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 4,416.8
- Engines
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raleigh Flying Club LLC
- Registered owner
- Raleigh Flying Club LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 2024 · 35.6 hours before
- Destination
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport, runway 5R, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 4, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 846 total · 135 in this make and model · 702 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 334.6 total · 297 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KRDU 081751Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW070 FEW100 24/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02390106 10244 20150 58006
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 3, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.