# NTSB LAX84LA345: Beech 35, N9481Y, Concord, CA, June 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1984, 21:49 local (Jun 10, 1984, 04:49 UTC)
- Place: Concord, CA
- Coordinates: 38.00024, -122.030578 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0002&lon=-122.0306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24307
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24307/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA345

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE LANDED IN A X-WIND & WANTED TO RAISE THE FLAPS BUT RAISED THE GEAR INSTEAD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9481Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9481Y), registered now, S/N D-6660, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech N35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (registry code 1151528) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D6660
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470N 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edward A. Weiss
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: SBA, SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Destination: CCR, CONCORD, CA
- Airport: CCR, Buchanan, runway 19L, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,025 total, 900 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: variable at 20 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CCR

## 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 19840609026379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840609026379A), Jun 9, 1984: Beech N35, Concord, CA, Substantial damage. Inadvertently put gear lever up instead of flap handle. Gear collapsed on rollout.

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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