- Date
- July 28, 1982, 17:05 local (Jul 29, 1982, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Henderson, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N455HCBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728035219A
- Case key
- 71012
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Touch-and-go - performed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Pilot raised landing gear instead of flaps on a touch and go landing. Pilot owns a C-411 and a BE-B55. Switches are reversed on these aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N455HC
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 586
- Airframe hours
- 3,165
- Engine
- Continental IO-470L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Whittenburg Construction
- Registered owner
- Whittenburg Construction
- Departed
- L15 · Henderson, NV
- Destination
- L15 · Henderson, NV
- Airport
- L15 · Sky Harbor, runway 18, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
N455HCRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,033 total · 86 in this make and model · 909 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Temperature
- 212 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N455HC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.