# NTSB LAX84LA240: Beech 95-B55, N5802S, Phoenix, AZ, April 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1984, 17:00 local (Apr 4, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.429309, -112.010665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4293&lon=-112.0107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24221/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA240

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE GEAR WAS INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED AT ABOUT 50 MPH BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND DURING LANDING ROLL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5802S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5802S-2013-02-01), registration cancelled 2013-02-01, S/N TC-820, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC 820
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840403008559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840403008559A), Apr 3, 1984: Beech 95B55, Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Raised the landing gear by mistake on the landing roll.

## Other investigations on N5802S (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX71DVA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DVA51), Dec 21, 1970: Beech 95-B55 (N5802S), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage

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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