Beechcraft 95-B55 N5888J

Summary

On 2 August 2005 at about 03:02 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N5888J, operated by Ricardo V. Vargas, was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, 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

2 August 2005 at 03:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Tucson International (TUS)

Coordinates

32.1161, -110.9411

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N5888J

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Ricardo V. Vargas

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tucson → Calexico

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX05LA254

Nobody was injured.

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

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The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the landing rollout. The pilot reported that after takeoff he realized that he had forgotten documents for his business flight, so he returned to the airport and landed. No evidence of any mechanical malfunction was noted during the approach or initial portion of the landing rollout. As the airplane decelerated to about 60 knots and was rolling straight down the runway, the left main landing gear and the nose gear retracted. The airplane swerved off the runway and collided with a taxiway light. An examination of the landing gear system revealed no evidence of mechanical anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.