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Final Reports: Pilot lifted gear
By: Mary F. Silitch
Caption: Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Travis AFB, Calif., May 16, 2008–The accident was caused by the pilot’s inadvertently raising the King Air’s landing gear 
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Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Travis AFB, Calif., May 16, 2008–The accident was caused by the pilot’s inadvertently raising the King Air’s landing gear on landing, according to the NTSB. The pilot explained that the J-hook that locks in place over  the landing-gear handle was engaging and disengaging and he mistakenly raised the landing gear instead of the flaps.