ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204626
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1989 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WMK |
| MSN: | E-1450 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lightning Ridge Airport (YLRD), Lightning Ridge, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YLRD |
| YLRD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The front seat passenger accidentally bumped the landing gear selector switch into the 'UP' position as the aircraft was landing at Lightning Ridge, thus retracting the landing gear and causing the aircraft to slide to a halt with its undercarriage touching the runway.
Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198902579/
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| 18-Jan-2018 10:43 | Pineapple | Added |
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