Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot stated that he was performing a touch-and-go landing. After touchdown, the pilot intended to retract the flaps, but inadvertently selected the landing gear control lever. The landing gear partially retracted, and the airplane settled onto the runway, resulting in substantial damage to a nose section bulkhead. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preexisting mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA12CA424 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 1, 2012
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Nearest airport
- Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Beech 58
- N-number
- N827EB
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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