# Incident 19781012030369I: Beech 36BEECH, Topeka, KS, October 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1978, 18:58 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard Mu
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2003A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2003A-1996-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781012030369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRIVATE PILOT ON AN AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT RAISED THE GEAR SWITCH WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR ASKED HIM TO RETRACT THE FLAPS.

## Other reports on N2003A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900602018119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900602018119A), Jun 2, 1990: Beech 36BEECH (N2003A), Gaithersburg, MD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Noted landing gear up. Radio alert no answer. Bellied in ballooned stalled and cartwheeled on second impact.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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