- Date
- November 9, 2019, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6206VBeech 55
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20191109022939A
- Case key
- 100594
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Probable cause
The pilot's unintentional retraction of the landing gear during the landing 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
The single-engine-rated pilot reported that, during a multiengine check ride, the fight examiner requested that he conduct several touch-and-go landings. During the landing roll, he mistakenly retracted the landing gear, and the airplane then skidded down the right side of the runway and came to rest at a taxi intersection. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The single-engine rated pilot reported that, during a multi-engine check ride in an airplane with retractable landing gear, the fight examiner requested he conduct several touch-and-go landings. During the landing roll, he mistakenly retracted the landing gear, the airplane than skid down the right side of the runway, and came to rest at a taxi intersection. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6206V
- Reported as
- Beech 55 (95C55)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-432
- Built
- 1967
- Airframe hours
- 5,857.6
- Engines
- Continental IO-520-C7B, 285 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental IO-520-CB3B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bhl Aviation Llc
- Registered owner
- Bhl Aviation Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 2019
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan, runway 30L, 7,002 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot
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
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 7, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 272 total · 10 in this make and model · 213 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Check pilot
- Age
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Foreign, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 2, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 7,266 total · 124 in this make and model · 4,751 as pilot in command · 171 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- KBJC, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 3, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 948 KB 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.