Probable cause
The first officer inadvertently selecting the landing gear handle up after touchdown during the landing rollout. Contributing to the accident was the first officer's decision to reconfigure the airplane while still on the active runway.
NTSB analysis
The captain was the pilot flying and conducted a visual approach to runway 22. The aircraft was configured on final approach with the landing gear down and the flaps selected to landing. The first officer indicated that, after touchdown on the runway, while intending to retract the flaps, he inadvertently selected the landing gear handle up. The nose landing gear and both main landing gear retracted and the airplane slid to a stop on the runway resting on the lower fuselage, wings, and engine nacelles.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for DCA14FA002 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Oct 23, 2013
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Homer, Alaska
- Nearest airport
- Homer Airport (HOM)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Beech 1900C
- N-number
- N575U
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1990
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 121 (airline)
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.