- Date
- December 7, 2001, 23:15 local (Dec 8, 2001, 06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5NMBeech BE-90-E90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20011207033749A
- Case key
- 53933
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll which resulting in the collapse of all 3 landing gears.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot perceived a landing gear failure and reached for the landing gear handle to check it during the landing roll. The pilot reported that he inadvertently moved the gear selector handle resulting in the collapse of all three landing gears.
Factual narrative
On December 7, 2001, at 2315 mountain standard time, a Beech BE-90-E90, twin-engine airplane, N5NM, registered to and operated by Seven Bar Flying Service, Inc., of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was substantially damaged after the landing gear collapsed while landing on runway 01 at the Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico. The instrument rated commercial pilot and his two passengers were not injured. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 Air Ambulance flight. The flight originated at 2245 from the Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The operator reported that after a normal landing on runway 01, the pilot "perceived an aircraft gear failure," reached for the landing gear selector handle to check it, and inadvertently moved the gear handle, collapsing all three landing gears. The pilot was reported to have a total of 8,000 hours, of which approximately 3,000 hours are in the same make and model aircraft.
Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the ventral fin, and structural damage to the wheel wells and portions of the belly of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5NM
- Reported as
- Beech BE-90-E90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LW237
- Airframe hours
- 9,922
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Seven Bar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 21, 2001 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Q58 · Santa Rosa, NM
- Airport
- Q58 · Santa Rosa, runway 01, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Observed at
- TCC
FAA reports on this event · 1
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