- Date
- May 25, 1992, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Groveland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2824FAerospatiale TB-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920525017099A
- Case key
- 27629
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent placement of the landing gear selector in the up position during the initial portion of the landing rollout.
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 pilot reported that approaching the destination airport he extended the wing flaps, lowered the landing gear and observed three green gear lights. The airplane 'floated' over the 3640-foot long runway and initially touched down 800 to 900 feet beyond the threshold. Thereafter, the right main landing gear partially retracted, the wing contacted the runway's surface and the airplane veered into a ditch. During the examination of the wreckage, the wing flaps were found in the retracted position and the landing gear system functioned normally. The physical evidence indicated that during rollout the landing gear motor was activated while some weight was on the left main gear. This resulted in a bending of the left gear actuator arm and the partial retraction of the right gear. The flaps were found ground impact damaged and retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2824F
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale TB-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1103
- Airframe hours
- 231
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul James
- Registered owner
- Paul James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1992 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Airport
- Q68 · Groveland, runway 27, 3,640 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 57 in this make and model · 237 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.