Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Monroe-Walton County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Monroe, Georgia 30655
Wednesday, February 9, 2000 9:05 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot stated that while taxiing for takeoff he selected max ground heat, and immediately experienced main gear retraction. The tail dropped suddenly, impacting the ramp, and the airplane slid about 30 feet before coming to rest. An FAA inspector and a manufacturer's representative examined the airplane, and found that a partially spiral wrapped wiring bundle, tied in the vicinity of the aileron control cables and turnbuckle, had some wires which had chafed. The wiring insulation had been removed due to friction exerted against either the turnbuckle, or the cable. The manufacturer's representative stated that two of the wires which had chafed through electrically shorted together when the pilot selected max ground heat, activating the landing gear's relay, and initiating the landing gear retraction cycle while the aircraft was on the ground.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
chafed wiring that resulted in an electrical short which initiated the landing gear retraction cycle when cabin heat was activated, resulting in the main landing gear retracting during taxi.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 2/9/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 905 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | MONROE |
| Event State | GEORGIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 30655 |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 334657N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0834134W |
| Event Location Airport | Monroe-Walton County |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | D73 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 867 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 853 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 60 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | AHN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 808 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 20 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 3 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 5 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 53 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.3 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 14068 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 9 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1300 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2003 9:55AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N101ET |
| NTSB Number | MIA00LA091 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | F90 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | F90 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | LA172 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 10950 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 9 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 9 1999 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 33 |
| Airframe Hours | 4620 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AVONDALE MILLS INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 506 S. BROAD STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | MONROE |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 30655 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | D73 |
| Departure City | MONROE |
| Departure State | GA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 905 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | AIK |
| Destination City | AIKEN |
| Destination State | SC |
| Destination Country | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Taxi |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | Yes |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 3 2003 11:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |