- Date
- April 4, 1982, 19:00 local (Apr 5, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2730RBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820404012119A
- Case key
- 70777
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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.
Complete gear collapsed
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During the landing roll, the landing gear retracted. The pilot recommended that the gear retract lever be located higher on the panel and not near the flap or cowl flap switch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2730R
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE729
- Airframe hours
- 575
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Buyrite Merchandising Corp.
- Registered owner
- Buyrite Merchandising Corp.
- Departed
- Savannah, GA
- Destination
- Fr. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- F11 · Ft. Lauderdale Int'L, runway 9, 8,054 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 589 total · 202 in this make and model · 443 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F11
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.