# NTSB LAX06CA268: Cessna 414A, N805PR, Ontario, CA, July 29, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 29, 2006, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Coordinates: 34.055831, -117.601112
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0558&lon=-117.6011&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA268

## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear retraction on ground, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the landing rollout.  The pilot intended to retract the flaps, but instead he moved the landing gear lever to the retracted position.  After the aural alarm activated, the pilot reversed the gear handle to the down position; however, the nosewheel partially retracted and the firewall sustained damage.  There were no mechanical malfunctions or failures during the flight.

## Factual narrative

On July 29, 2006, at 1400 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 414A, N805PR, experienced an inadvertent gear retraction during the landing roll at Ontario International Airport, Ontario, California.  The pilot was operating the privately registered airplane under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.  The private pilot and three passengers were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage.  Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed during the flight, and an instrument flight plan was filed and activated.  The flight departed from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Santa Barbara, California, at 1300.

In a written statement, the pilot said that after performing the instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 25R, the airplane rolled out on the runway.  During the rollout, he reached down to retract the flaps and retracted the landing gear by mistake.  The gear warning horn sounded, and the pilot reversed the gear handle; however, the nosewheel partially retracted and the firewall sustained damage.  The pilot said that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures during the flight.

This accident was upgraded from an incident on August 24, 2006, during a damage assessment by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector from the Riverside Flight Standards District Office.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N805PR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805PR), registered now, S/N 414A1206, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 414A
- Registry model: [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (registry code 2075907) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1206
- Engines: Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-NB reciprocating; Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-NB reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBA, Santa Barbara, CA
- Destination: ONT, Ontario, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ONT, Ontario International Airport, runway 26R, 12,198 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,459 total, 81 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,900 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: ONT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060729016529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060729016529A), Jul 29, 2006: Cessna 414A, Ontario, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing the nose gear retracted. As the pilot extended the landing gear on approach, all gear (downlock) lights were green. After landing and…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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