- Date
- October 12, 1989, 09:07 local (14:07 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94JPBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891012042329A
- Case key
- 32593
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Probable cause
The pilot's misunderstanding of the landing gear emergency extension procedure, which resulted in his inadvertent partial retraction of the gear and failure to land with the gear in the down and locked position. Loss of electrical power was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After becoming airborne, the plt realized he had forgotten a brief case & elected to rtrn to the arpt. He extended the gear to land & noticed there were 3 safe indcns. However, as he extended the flaps, there was a total loss of electricalpower. He made a go-around & turned the manual landing gear extension handle to verify that the gear was extended. How- ever, he turned the extension handle to the right, instead of counterclockwise, as was stated in the operator's manual. Clockwise movement of the extension handle would have started retraction of the gear. Witnesses noted the gear was only partly extended before the final apch to land. During the landing, the gear collapsed & the acft was damaged. No reason was found for the loss of electrical power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94JP
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N94JP
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Truckers Exchange Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- runway 16, 5,385 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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