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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Tyler, TX · December 31, 1983

Date: December 31, 1983 · 10:35 local
Place: Tyler, TX
Airport: Tyler
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N977KM
Reported as: Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N977KMRegistered now · Beech S35S/N D-7366 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech S35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Inadvertently retracted the landing gear in place of the flaps while taxiing to the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR IN PLACE OF THE FLAPS WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP.

Other reports on N977KM · 1

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

Incident 19881103051239IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Matheson, COLost power and oil pressure. Oil on windshield. Engine seized. Landed gear up. Propeller assembly bolts sheared.Nov 3, 1988 · Minor damage