# NTSB MKC86LA060: Beech N35, N9398Y, Hot Springs, AR, February 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1986, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Coordinates: 34.449844, -93.100189 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4498&lon=-93.1002&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): 34136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA060

## 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)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9398Y-1991-03-22), registration cancelled 1991-03-22, S/N D6801 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Registry model: [Beech N35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (registry code 1151528) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-6801
- Airframe hours: 2664
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860218002949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860218002949A), Feb 18, 1986: Beech N35, Hot Springs, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot retracted gear instead of flaps during rollout. Landing gear collapsed on the sales aircraft.

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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