Crash location | 42.777778°N, 84.586666°W |
Nearest city | Lansing, MI
42.731424°N, 84.582202°W 3.2 miles away |
Tail number | N8991M |
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Accident date | 18 Apr 2008 |
Aircraft type | Beech 95-B55 |
Additional details: | None |
The pilot reported that he touched down on runway 24 in the twin-engine airplane. He intended to raise the flaps to increase the braking effectiveness, but he raised the landing gear instead of the flaps. The landing gear retracted during rollout and the airplane sustained substantial damage.
The pilot's inadvertent raising of the landing gear during rollout.