ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353845
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| Date: | Friday 4 September 1998 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 401 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3239Q |
| MSN: | 0039 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lancaster, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KLNC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was in the local landing pattern doing touch and go landings. After touchdown during the third landing, he added power for takeoff and intended to 'raise' the 'flap' lever. He inadvertently raised the landing gear lever. Subsequently, the right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded off the runway. The pilot had been flying a Beech Bonanza previously, and the landing gear lever on the Cessna 401 is located where the flap lever is on the Bonanza. He had a total of 697 hours of flight time, 676 of which were flown in the Bonanza, and a total of 16 hours in the Cessna 401. In the last 90 days prior to the accident he had a total of 2 hours of flight time, which were flown in the Bonanza.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear while intending to retract the flaps. A factor was the pilots lack of total experience in the type of aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98LA389
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 11:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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