- Date
- June 30, 1985, 19:55 local (Jul 1, 1985, 02:55 UTC)
- Place
- Thermal, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18387Beech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850630028509A
- Case key
- 24758
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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.
Analysis
At the conclusion of a cross country business flt, the plt stated that after 'easing the nosewheel down onto the runway' he reached for the flap lever but put his hand 'on the gear lever instead.' As he 'pulled the lever out of the detent tripping it,' the plt said he 'realized what (he) was doing and let it go' before moving the lever to the up position. According to the plt, the right main gear retracted during the landing roll even though 'the fuel weight was not on the mains.' No part failures or gear system malfunctions were noted during the repair or functional testing of the gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18387
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-2080
- Airframe hours
- 669
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M. B. Johnson Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1984 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- TRM · Thermal, runway 30, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,991 total · 680 in this make and model · 3,628 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.