- Date
- October 12, 1987, 00:11 local (04:11 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N601TABeech A-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871012059399A
- Case key
- 32073
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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.
Analysis
After the plt placed the master switch on to start the engines the landing gear collapsed. He stated that the passenger, in the co-plt seat, bumped the landing gear handle into the up position. The passenger stated that he did not. Insp of the acft revealed that the landing gear handle was in the down position & that the rt gear safety switch failed internally. Failure of the switch will not cause the gear to collapse unless the landing gear handle is placed in the up position. The landing gear handle is designed so that it must be pulled out then pushed up to retract the landing gear. No determination could be made as to who placed the landing gear handle up prior to turning on the master switch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601TA
- Reported as
- Beech A-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ120
- Airframe hours
- 5,675
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Flt. Management
- Registered owner
- Air Center, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 11, 1987 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale Hollywood
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,402 total · 1,308 in this make and model · 11,500 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.