# NTSB NYC94LA016: Beech 58, N13AK, Millville, NJ, October 22, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1993, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Location: 39.3678° N, 75.0722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3678&lon=-75.0722&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC94LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA016

## 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

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13AK), registered now, S/N TH-678, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-678
- Airframe hours: 3750
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19931022040499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931022040499A), Oct 22, 1993: Beech 58, Millville, NJ, Substantial damage. Inadvertently raised landing gear instead of flaps on the landing roll.

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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