Beechcraft 58P N94JP

Summary

On 12 October 1989 at about 14:07 local time, a Beechcraft 58P registered N94JP was involved in an accident near Jackson, 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

12 October 1989 at 14:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58P

Registration

N94JP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Lakeland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA90LA011

Nobody was injured.

THE PILOT'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INADVERTENT PARTIAL RETRACTION OF THE GEAR AND FAILURE TO LAND WITH THE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER WAS A FACTOR.

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

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AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE PLT REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN A BRIEF CASE & ELECTED TO RTRN TO THE ARPT. HE EXTENDED THE GEAR TO LAND & NOTICED THERE WERE 3 SAFE INDCNS. HOWEVER, AS HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS, THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICALPOWER. HE MADE A GO-AROUND & TURNED THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. HOW- EVER, HE TURNED THE EXTENSION HANDLE TO THE RIGHT, INSTEAD OF COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AS WAS STATED IN THE OPERATOR'S MANUAL. CLOCKWISE MOVEMENT OF THE EXTENSION HANDLE WOULD HAVE STARTED RETRACTION OF THE GEAR. WITNESSES NOTED THE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTLY EXTENDED BEFORE THE FINAL APCH TO LAND. DURING THE LANDING, THE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.