BE58 PLT WAS MOVING SWITCHES DURING HIGH SPD LNDG ROLL. THE GEAR NOSEWHEEL RETRACTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH TURNING THE XPONDER OFF.
Synopsis
BE58 PLT WAS MOVING SWITCHES DURING HIGH SPD LNDG ROLL. THE GEAR NOSEWHEEL RETRACTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH TURNING THE XPONDER OFF.
Narrative
HAVING BEEN CLRED FOR APCH TO RWY 1 AT UKF ILS; I EXECUTED THE FULL APCH. AFTER MY PROC TURN INBOUND; I TRACKED THE LOC INBOUND AND INTERCEPTED THE GS. I PUT MY GEAR DOWN AND GOT THE 3 GREEN LIGHTS TO INDICATE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. I BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUD SAT ABOUT 2500 FT MSL. I THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND. I TOUCHED DOWN; HEARD THE WHEELS TOUCH. I THEN REACHED OVER TO TURN MY XPONDER OFF. AT THAT POINT A WARNING HORN WENT OFF. SECONDS LATER; THE NOSE OF THE ACFT SEEMED TO DROP AND I WAS SLIDING DOWN THE RWY ON THE BELLY. AS THE ACFT WAS SLOWING; SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. I OPENED THE DOOR; SWITCHED OFF THE FUEL; THE ELECTRICS; AND LEFT THE ACFT AS QUICK AS I COULD. THE ACFT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. I SPOKE WITH THE COURIER I WAS TO MEET. HE SAID HE HEARD MY WHEELS TOUCH AND THEN A CRASH. MY APCH SPD WAS 130 KIAS. I HAD APCH FLAPS 15 DEGS SET. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS THE PROPS AND THE MAIN GEAR DOORS. I WAS ON THE ILS UNDER ATL APCH CTL UNTIL WILKI NDB. WHEN I WENT VISUAL; I CANCELED IFR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.