Santa Rosa Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Santa Rosa, New Mexico 87106
Friday, December 7, 2001 23:15 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot perceived a landing gear failure and reached for the landing gear handle to check it during the landing roll. The pilot reported that he inadvertently moved the gear selector handle resulting in the collapse of all three landing gears.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll which resulting in the collapse of all 3 landing gears.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/7/2001
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 2315
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City Santa Rosa
Event State NEW MEXICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 87106
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 345603N
Event Location Longitude 1043803W
Event Location Airport Santa Rosa
Event Location Nearest Airport ID Q58
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 4790
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 53 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID TCC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4345
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 9000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 6
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 300
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.26
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 13071
NTSB Notification Source FAA Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date Dec 8 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 511
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 29 2003 4:26PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5NM
NTSB Number FTW02LA056
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model BE-90-E90
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number LW237
Certified Max Gross Weight 9100
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 5
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Nov 21 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 23
Airframe Hours 9922
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Seven Bar Aviation
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2505 Clark Carr Loop SE
Aircraft Owner City Albuquerque
Aircraft Owner State NM
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 87106
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 --
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 Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code ABQ
Departure City Albuquerque
Departure State NM
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 2245
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code Q58
Destination City Santa Rosa
Destination State NM
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 10 2003 9:09AM
User who most recently changed record CASH
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 01
Runway Length 5000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight Yes
Medical Flight Medical Emergency