On October 16, 1982, a Beech 95-B55 (registration N4186S) was involved in an aviation accident near Camden, SC. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear while attempting to retract the flaps, prior to the weight of the aircraft being completely settled on the gear. This summary draws on records from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) historical archive.
A pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear while taxiing after landing, because he reached for the flap controls too early to expedite clearing the runway.
What happened
The pilot reported that he obtained landing information from the UNICOM operator for runway 7. He was advised to keep the traffic pattern tight to accommodate heavy traffic at the airport. After landing, while expediting to get off the runway, he reached to retract the wing flaps and inadvertently retracted the landing gear before the weight of the aircraft was completely settled on the gear.
The investigation
The pilot stated that he reached to retract the wing flaps and inadvertently retracted the landing gear before the weight of the aircraft was completely settled on the gear.
Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear while attempting to retract the flaps, prior to the weight of the aircraft being completely settled on the gear.