Last updated: 22 January 2022
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Saturday 23 March 1985 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Operator: | Scheduled Skyways |
| Registration: | N508SS |
| MSN: | TC-376 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10717 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR (HOT) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Little Rock National Airport, AR (LIT/KLIT), United States of America |
| Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR (HOT/KHOT), United States of America |
The first officer was making the landing and the aircraft bounced during touchdown. The captain's right hand, which had been near the floor to the right of his seat, bumped the landing gear selector to the up position as the captain reached for the yoke. The aircraft then landed with the gear retracted. Although the landing gear selector handle latch mechanism operated as designed, tests showed the mechanism offered little resistance to inadvertent movement to the up position.
Probable Cause:
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
gear retraction..inadvertent..pilot in command
Contributing Factors:
landing gear,gear switch..inadequate
acft/equip,inadequate design..production/design personnel
Classification:
Bounced on landingRunway mishap
Sources:
» NTSBFollow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Little Rock National Airport, AR to Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR as the crow flies is 84 km (52 miles).
Distance from Little Rock National Airport, AR to Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR as the crow flies is 84 km (52 miles).
