- Date
- April 3, 1984, 17:00 local (Apr 4, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5802SBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840403008559A
- Case key
- 24221
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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 gear was inadvertently retracted at about 50 mph by the pilot in command during landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5802S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 820
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- International Air Industries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 10, 1983 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Airport
- PHX · Sky Harbor Int'L, runway 26, 11,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
N5802SRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 796 total · 648 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX
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 N5802S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.