39.0639° N, 108.5506° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 23, 1982 · 17:45 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Walker
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3899N
Reported as
Beech B35
Reported engine
Continental E1858
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11 total11 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After landing, while taxiing on taxiway, pilot operated gear switch instead of light. Gear retracted.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER LANDING, WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY, PILOT OPERATED GEAR SWITCH INSTEAD OF LIGHT. GEAR RETRACTED.