Beechcraft BE-A36 N1820L

Summary

On 12 October 2000 at about 21:45 local time, a Beechcraft BE-A36 registered N1820L, operated by Lake Clark Air Inc., was involved in an accident near Nondalton, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 2000 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Nondalton, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Nondalton (5NN)

Coordinates

59.9600, -154.8703

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-A36

Registration

N1820L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lake Clark Air Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Alsworth → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA010

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport certificated pilot was positioning the airplane to begin an on-demand charter flight. During the landing roll at the destination airport, the landing gear collapsed. The director of operations stated that the pilot intended to raise the flaps, but inadvertently raised the landing gear handle. The airplane received damage to the propeller, landing gear doors, the lower portion of the nose cowling, and the right wingtip. Additionally, the left and right butt ribs, positioned inboard and longitudinally along the landing gear wheel wells, were buckled. The right butt rib had a vertical tear in the metal structure. The director of operations said that when he landed to inspect the airplane, he noted that the landing gear handle was in the 'UP' position.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.