# NTSB MIA93LA034: Beech A36, N9066S, Miami, FL, December 18, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1992, 09:36 local (14:36 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7941° N, 80.3061° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7941&lon=-80.3061&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33207
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33207/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA034

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE WING FLAPS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S DIVERTED ATTENTION TO THE RUNWAY TURNOFF POINT AND AN AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT LANDING BEHIND HIM.

## Analysis

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE FLAPS TO GET WEIGHT ON WHEELS, HE INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED. HE STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY FOCUSING ON THE RUNWAY TURNOFF AND THAT AN AIRLINER WAS LANDING BEHIND HIM.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9066S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9066S), registered now, S/N E-1305, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-BA](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-ba) (registry code 17230, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-1305
- Airframe hours: 1905
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-VA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pitzer, Bruce W.
- Registered owner: Pitzer, Bruce W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 19, 1992, 3 hours before
- Departed: SRQ, SARASOTA, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIA, Miami International, runway 9, 10,502 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,730 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1,730 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIA, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19921218053239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921218053239A), Dec 18, 1992: Beech A36, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Retracted gear instead of flaps trying to put weight on gear for early turnoff on landing.

## Other investigations on N9066S (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 IAD79FID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID06), Feb 8, 1979: Beech A-36 (N9066S), Richmond, VA, 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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