19790111001029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Visalia, CA · January 11, 1979

Date: January 11, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place: Visalia, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1708W
Reported as: Beech S35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total1,300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1708WRegistered now · Beech S35S/N D-7340 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech S35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot inadvertently retracted gear instead of flaps on rollout.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON ROLLOUT.

Other reports on N1708W · 2

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

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