- Date
- July 1, 1991, 15:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7268RBeech E-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910701025599A
- Case key
- 27267
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the landing gear retraction by selecting gear up instead of flaps up during the landing roll-out. Contributing to the accident was the lack of familiarity with the airplane.
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
The landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. The pilot had accumulated a total of 27 hours in the airplane after receiving a multiengine rating. Examination of the airplane at the scene showed the gear handle in the down position and the landing gear circuit breaker popped. Damage to the gear doors and gear actuating rods indicated that the pilot selected gear up instead of flaps up before the gear strut squat switches activated to prevent the gear from retracting. The pilot then selected the gear down position but the weight of the airplane prevented the gear from extending, popping the gear motor circuit breaker. Prior to operating the accident airplane, in the last 12 months, the pilot operated a tailwheel, fixed gear airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7268R
- Reported as
- Beech E-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-1027
- Airframe hours
- 2,116
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian Payne
- Registered owner
- Brian Payne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1991 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Airport
- BFL · Bakersfield, runway 3, 3,700 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 740 total · 27 in this make and model · 671 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.