- Date
- October 22, 1993, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Millville, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13AKBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931022040499A
- Case key
- 38705
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent actuation of the landing gear lever during the landing roll, resulting in the retraction of the landing gear on the runway.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after he landed: 'prior to turning off the runway, I reached for the flap switch. The next thing I knew I was sliding to the right...the airplane came to rest on its belly.' In an interview, the pilot stated that he inadvertently raised the landing gear handle rather than the wing flap switch.
Factual narrative
On Friday, October 22, 1993, at 1505 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE-58, N13AK, registered to Tailwinds, Inc., and piloted by George A. Yetka, sustained substantial damage during a landing at the Millville Municipal Airport, Millville, New Jersey. The pilot and the one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91.
The pilot landed on runway 28. He stated that as he slowed the airplane during the landing roll, he decided to raise the wing flaps. He said that he inadvertently activated the landing gear switch handle, rather than the flap switch handle. The landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck a runway light and runway marker.
In his report, the pilot stated:
Prior to turning off the runway I reached for the flap switch. The next thing I knew I was sliding to the right...The plane came to rest on its belly...
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13AK
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-678
- Airframe hours
- 3,750
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tailwinds, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1992
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar, NJ
- Airport
- MIV · Millville Municipal, runway 28, 6,001 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 664 total · 200 in this make and model · 576 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.