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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Slaton, TX · May 2, 1987

Date
May 2, 1987 · 09:30 local
Place
Slaton, TX
Airport
Slaton Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9798R
Reported as
Beech M35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,800 in this make and model35 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.

The landing gear retracted during takeoff roll. Landing gear handle was found in the up position.

As the FAA filed it

THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION.