34.3506° N, 85.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 4, 1988 · 15:15 local
Place
Rome, GA
Airport
Richard B Russell
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N96GD
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,200 total3,100 in this make and model163 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.
On short field landing roll, PIC retracted landing gear instead of flaps. Aircraft had prop and gear damage.
As the FAA filed it
ON SHORT FIELD LANDING ROLL, PIC RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS. AIRCRAFT HAD PROP AND GEAR DAMAGE.