- Date
- May 26, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Grove, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4963MBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820526024559A
- Case key
- 72061
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Gear collapsed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that during his landing roll, he intended to retract the flaps, but inadvertently rectracted the landing gear instead.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4963M
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH933
- Airframe hours
- 568
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Heber E. Costello
- Registered owner
- Heber E. Costello
- Departed
- Greenwood, MS
- Destination
- Oak Grove, LA
- Airport
- 9M6 · Heber Costello, runway 1, 2,700 × 75 ft, dirt
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 985 in this make and model · 2,915 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °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.