Baron 58/58TC
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60; Flight Crew Total 13800; Flight Crew Type 900
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Airport; Procedure
On approach to landing the six year old passenger saw me extend the gear and asked what that was. I told him that raised and lowered the gear. Upon touchdown; the six year old reached up and grabbed the gear handle and a small bump in the runway allowed the gear to come unlocked. The aircraft came to rest on inboard gear doors and nose gear doors. There were no injuries and damage was minimal to aircraft.
BE58 pilot reported that a child passenger raised the gear handle on landing roll resulting in a partial gear collapse.