# Incident 19810430039869I: Beech B24R, Grandfield, OK, April 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Grandfield, OK
- Airport: Grandfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2376° N, 98.7420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANDFIELD MUNI (1O1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2376&lon=-98.7420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2540W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2540W-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 30 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/19810430039869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED LANDING GEAR SWITCH INSTEAD OF FLAP SWITCH ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N2540W (2)

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

- [Incident 20010520015449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010520015449I), May 20, 2001: Beech B24R (N2540W), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On may 20, 2001 at 1444 local at the johns island airport, johns island, SC (kjzi), a Beech sierra, BE-23-24R, N2540W bounced on landing runeway 22. The…
- [Incident 19790423024809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790423024809I), Apr 23, 1979: Beech B24R (N2540W), Grandfield, OK, Minor damage. Flight instructor and sutdent landed gear up. All system components found to be functioning normally.

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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