# NTSB LAX08CA151: Beech B200, N241PH, Travis AFB, CA, May 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 16, 2008, 14:13 local (21:13 UTC)
- Place: Travis AFB, CA
- Coordinates: 38.262779, -121.927497
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2628&lon=-121.9275&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68060/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA151

## Probable cause

The pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear during landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot said that during the landing roll, the J-hook over the landing gear handle was "clicking" repeatedly; engaging and disengaging. When this had happened in the past, he pushed forward on the yoke, and reached over and raised the flaps. This time, he inadvertently raised the landing gear. The airplane settled to the runway damaging the stringers on the bottom of the fuselage and the empennage's dorsal fin.

## Factual narrative

The pilot said that during landing roll, the J-hook over the landing gear handle was "clicking" repeatedly; engaging and disengaging. When this had happened in the past, he pushed forward on the yoke, and reached over and raised the flaps. This time, he inadvertently raised the landing gear. The airplane settled to the runway damaging the stringers on the bottom of the fuselage and the empennage's dorsal fin.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N241PH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N241PH), registered now, S/N BB-1182, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech B200
- Registry model: [Beech B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (registry code 1152922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB-1182
- Airframe hours: 6870
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Air Evac Services, Inc., doing business as PHI Air Medical
- Registered owner: PHI, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RDD, Redding, CA
- Destination: SUU, Travis AFB, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SUU, Travis AFB, runway 21L, 10,992 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 6,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: SUU

## 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 20080516838009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080516838009A), May 16, 2008: Beech B200, Fairfield, CA, Minor damage. (-23) After landin at Travis Afb, pilot accidentally raised the landing gear instead of the flaps. Pilot immediately placed the gear handle back in the down…

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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