- Date
- November 13, 1992, 09:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1553ABeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921113046529A
- Case key
- 27861
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Probable cause
The dual students premature retraction of the landing gear during the takeoff portion of a touch and go, and, the inadequate supervision of the flight by the instructor pilot. Factors which contributed to the accident were the deactivation of the landing gear safety systems by the company maintenance department and the instructor pilot's operation of the aircraft with known equipment deficiencies.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor and his dual student were practicing touch and go's. after touch down, the student applied power and then prematurely moved the landing gear selector switch to the retract position. The right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid into several airport taxiway and runway signs. The instructor stated that some time ago the operator had removed the landing gear safety devices from each aircraft in the fleet, and that all of the instructors were aware of the problem. Investigation revealed that subsequent to June of 1989 the operator's maintenance department had removed the landing gear safety devices (selector lever cover guard and throttle switch) from their fleet. FAA inspectors discovered the unauthorized modifications in June of 1992 and had ordered the devices reinstalled. The operator had reinstalled the devices during scheduled maintenance periods on all of the fleet except for the accident aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1553A
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-1315
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airline Training Center
- Registered owner
- Llg Leasing Of Arizona, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- GYR · Goodyear, AZ
- Destination
- GYR
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- DVT · Phoenix Deer Valley, runway 7, 3,800 × 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 1,085 in this make and model · 6,130 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DVT, 1 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.