Beechcraft 95-B55 (T42A) N43BS

Summary

On 31 March 2010 at about 19:00 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 (T42A) registered N43BS, operated by 43BS LLC, was involved in an accident near Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were 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

31 March 2010 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sevierville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge (GKT)

Coordinates

35.8544, -83.5239

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55 (T42A)

Registration

N43BS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

43BS LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sevierville → Sevierville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA201

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear on the ground during a touch-and-go landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that the intent of the flight was to conduct touch-and-go landings in the twin-engine, retractable-gear airplane. He stated that he made a "textbook" first landing, and that during the landing rollout he attempted to raise the wing flaps for takeoff. The pilot "mistook the gear lever for the flaps" and the landing gear began to retract. He added power to "overcome the sinking," but the right propeller struck the ground and the airplane "spun to the right." The airplane came to rest upright in a grassy area between the runway and taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot reported 50 hours of flight time in the accident airplane and flew it "every couple of weeks." The pilot's most recent experience in the accident airplane make and model was 30 days prior to the accident. The airplane's landing gear and flap control levers were the same color and approximately the same size, but were located on opposite sides of the control column.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.