Beechcraft 58 N93HS

Summary

On 13 June 2014 at about 20:45 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N93HS, operated by Kenneth Austin, was involved in an accident near Tupelo, Mississippi, 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

13 June 2014 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Tupelo Regional (TUP)

Coordinates

34.2595, -88.7294

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N93HS

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

2

Operator

Kenneth Austin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tupelo → Tupelo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA307

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear on the runway, which resulted in a landing gear collapse.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, during the landing roll, he inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The landing gear retracted, and the airplane impacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.