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| Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1987 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-PBU |
| MSN: | TH-407 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bankstown Airport (YSBK), Bankstown, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU/YSBK) |
| Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU/YSBK) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had completed an endorsement on the aircraft type two days previously, and intended to carry out a series of circuits with touch-and-go landings to consolidate his training. During the landing roll following the first touchdown, the pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear when he attempted to raise the flaps. The aircraft slid to a halt on the runway. The instructor who had carried out the endorsement training was not aware that it was company policy to prohibit the conduct of touch-and-go landings for solo operations in retractable gear aircraft. He had therefore not briefed the pilot on this matter. The pilot stated that during his circuit training in the aircraft, which consisted of a series of touch-and-go landings, the instructor had raised the flaps after each touchdown. The pilot had only limited exposure to retractable landing gear aircraft types with the gear and flap controls laid out in a similar fashion to this particular aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198702411/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/34136/aair198702411.pdf
History of this aircraft
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| 26 June 2017 | VH-PBU | Dasap Pty Ltd | 0 | Normanton, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2018 14:21 | Pineapple | Added |
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