- Date
- April 19, 1989, 18:10 local (Apr 20, 1989, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6866QBeech A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890420009379A
- Case key
- 40999
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Probable cause
A premature/improper retraction of the landing gear by the second pilot (aircraft owner), who was occupying the right front seat.
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 owner (an experience plt) accompanied the plt-in-command (PIC) to assist in a maintenance test flt. The PIC rprtd that while he was making a touch-&-go landing, the owner raised the landing gear handle, while the acft was still on the ground. The landing gear retracted & the acft settled to the ground & slid to a stop. A fire erupted & subsequently destroyed the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6866Q
- Reported as
- Beech A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC330
- Airframe hours
- 5,860
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Calkins Equipment Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Airport
- S88 · Arlington, runway 16, 5,333 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 8,800 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.