Beech D95A accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 7, 1998
On August 7, 1998, a Beech D95A, registered N924JL, was substantially damaged in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico (Double Eagle II airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's inadvertent raising of the landing gear during landing rollout
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 7, 1998
- Place
- Albuquerque, New Mexico · Double Eagle II · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech D95A · all D95As on the register
- Registration
- N924JL · registry record · serial TD-670
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 22, and during landing roll, the airplane pitched forward and to the right. According to the pilot's statement in the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report; 'On rollout, as aircraft started slowing down, I noticed the nose start to drop and the next thing I realized was the nose continued down, and then we were sliding along the runway with all the gear collapsed.' He said that the airplane exited the runway to the right and came to rest facing the opposite direction. Post-accident examination of the landing gear system revealed no mechanical anomalies which would have precluded normal operation. The right main inner gear door exhibited crushing and inward deformation. A representative from Beechcraft stated that when the landing gear is down and locked, the inner gear doors are up and locked (flush with the bottom of the airplane). He further stated that the landing gear handle and the flap handle in this airplane are reverse from the majority of general aviation aircraft. The pilot reported that he purchased the airplane on July 30, 1998, 7 days before the accident. He further indicated in the NTSB Report that he had a total of 15 hours of flight experience in the make & model aircraft.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot, flight engineer, military
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 19,000 hours in all; 15 in this make and model; 14,353 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,100 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 25, 1998; 20 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 4,200 lb
- Seats: 5
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1B (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: Q58 Santa Rosa NM at 11:45 pm
- Destination: AEG
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 22, 7,398 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 700 ft
- Temperature: 86°F (30°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 11:56 pm from ABQ, 11 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW98LA375.