# NTSB LAX83LA440: Beech A36, N67414, Redding, CA, September 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1983, 10:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.519504, -122.320365 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5195&lon=-122.3204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA440
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA440

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - initiated, pilot in command
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

REPORTEDLY, DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT SETTLED WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT. AT THAT TIME, THE FLAPS WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION & WERE DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE GEAR LIGHTS WERE GREEN. LATER, HE SAID THAT SOMETHING MAY HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THE NOSE GEAR, AND WHEN HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, HE MAY HAVE RETRACTED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED & THE GEAR FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67414](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67414), registered now, S/N E-1661, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1661
- Airframe hours: 511
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 8, 1983
- Departed: UDD, BERMUDA DUNES
- Airport: RDD, Redding Muni, runway 34, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,334 total, 3,334 in this make and model, 3,300 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDD

## 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 19830915073889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830915073889A), Sep 15, 1983: Beech A36, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot suspected something wrong with nose gear and retracted gear early during go around.

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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