- Date
- September 12, 1982, 18:05 local (Sep 13, 1982, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2306MBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72502
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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.
Gear collapsed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that while making a right turn onto a taxiway after a landing rollout, the nose gear and right main landing gear collapsed. The investigation revealed that the pilot was accustomed to flying a different model Beech aircraft in which the flap and landing gear controls are the reverse of those in N2036M. Examination of the landing gear revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2306M
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE 815
- Airframe hours
- 4,598
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Aviation Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Western Aviation Flight Center
- Departed
- Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hill View, runway 31, 3,099 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 21 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 6 nm away