Beechcraft A36 N41HC

Summary

On 7 August 2012 at about 15:40 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N41HC, operated by Clifton Land, was involved in an accident near Washington, Missouri, 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

7 August 2012 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Washington, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Washington Regional (FYG)

Coordinates

38.5903, -90.9911

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N41HC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clifton Land

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Creve Coeur → Washington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA613

Nobody was injured.

The pilot raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle during a touch-and-go landing, resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear while accelerating to takeoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After an uneventful local flight, the pilot was intending to do a few touch-and-go landings at his destination airport. After touchdown and accelerating to takeoff, the pilot mistakenly raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to a stop on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage at the nose gear attachment point. The pilot exited the airplane uninjured.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.