- Date
- October 28, 2005, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsfield, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N120VBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051028028039A
- Case key
- 62768
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the nose of the airplane "dropped," the propeller struck the runway, and the airplane skidded to a stop. A subsequent inspection of the airplane revealed that all three landing gear had retracted, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot stated that he inadvertently retracted the landing gear, instead of the flaps, during the landing roll.
Factual narrative
"This report is based on information received by the NTSB. Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case. For further information, please contact the NTSB Office of Public Inquiries."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120V
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6419
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L & K Pratical Solutions Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BQR · Lancaster, NY
- Destination
- PSF · Pittsfield, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PSF · Pittsfield Municipal Airport, runway 08
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,538 total · 920 in this make and model · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.