- Date
- May 12, 1983, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4274ABeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830512019159A
- Case key
- 20904
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that during the landing, the initial touchdown on the main gear was normal. However, when the nose gear came in contact with the rwy, there was a brief hesitation, then the nose settled & the propellers struck the rwy. The plt applied back pressure on the elevator control to hold the nose up, but the main gear also retracted. An exam revealed that all of the gear had retracted to the up & locked position, but the flaps were still extended. No pre-accident malfunction or failure was found in the landing gear extention/retraction sys.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4274A
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-26
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Cattle Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982
- Departed
- 92F · Chattanooga, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown, runway 17, 4,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,364 total · 1,144 in this make and model · 3,352 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °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.