# Incident 19810308021219I: Beech 35BEECH, Evansville, IN, March 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3872N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 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/19810308021219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PUT GEAR LEVER UP INSTEAD OF FLAP SWITCH AFTER A PROBLEM WITH THE FLAPS. NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. SAFETY SW. BAD.

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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