- Date
- August 18, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Terlingua, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5629DBeech F50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870818082839A
- Case key
- 22422
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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 owner, who occupied the right front seat, stated that he retracted the landing gear during the landing roll inadvertently instead of the flaps. The PIC never responded in writing concerning the actions he took during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5629D
- Reported as
- Beech F50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FH77
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-B1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert Fay
- Registered owner
- Albert Fay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- 17XS
- Airport
- 17XS · Lajitas, runway 22, 4,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.