# NTSB MIA86LA046: Beech C-18S, N64463, Deland, FL, December 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 19, 1985, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Deland, FL
- Coordinates: 29.049303, -81.309257 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0493&lon=-81.3093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31558/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA046

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - improper training, copilot/second pilot
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS MAKING HIS FIRST LANDING IN THAT MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT. DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE TRIED TO RAISE THE WING FLAPS LEVER. INSTEAD, HE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64463](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64463), registered now, S/N 4534, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-18S
- Registry model: [Beech C18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (registry code 1150902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4534
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gregory S. Gibson
- Registered owner: Charles Androsky
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 22, 1985, 90 hours before
- Departed: DED
- Airport: DED, Deland Muni, runway 5, 3,979 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,250 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851219077749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851219077749A), Dec 19, 1985: Beech C18S, Deland, FL, Substantial damage. The inexperienced right seat pilot inadvertently retracted the gear on landing. PIC failed to supervise other pilot

## Other investigations on N64463 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82DA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA117), Apr 9, 1982: Beech C-18S (N64463), Hereford, TX, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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