- Date
- February 18, 1986, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9398YBeech N35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860218002949A
- Case key
- 34136
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Gear collapsed
Gear retraction - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was on the landing roll and reached for the flap switch and moved the landing gear switch instead. The landing gear then retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9398Y
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6801
- Airframe hours
- 2,664
- Engine
- Continental IO-470N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Donnie C.Cobb
- Registered owner
- Fox Mike Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1985
- Departed
- M78 · Malvern, AR
- Airport
- HOT · Memorial, runway 23, 6,596 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 919 total · 300 in this make and model · 919 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.