MIA93LA034
NTSB Identification: MIA93LA034 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 48126.
Accident occurred Friday, December 18, 1992 in MIAMI, FL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 9/14/1993
Aircraft: BEECH A36, registration: N9066S
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE FLAPS TO GET WEIGHT ON WHEELS, HE INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED. HE STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY FOCUSING ON THE RUNWAY TURNOFF AND THAT AN AIRLINER WAS LANDING BEHIND HIM.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE WING FLAPS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S DIVERTED ATTENTION TO THE RUNWAY TURNOFF POINT AND AN AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT LANDING BEHIND HIM.

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