# Incident 19840814049489I: Beech V35B, Birmingham, AL, August 14, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1984, 08:50 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72SS-2026-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 645 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814049489I

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N72SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19940921036599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940921036599I), Sep 21, 1994: Beech V35B (N72SS), Batesville, MS, Minor damage. All three gears collapsed on landing roll. Indicates pilot mistook gear for flap retraction.

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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