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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Chico, CA · June 1, 1992

Date
June 1, 1992 · 10:00 local
Place
Chico, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8991A
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total300 in this make and model100 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.

Pilot had landed on Private airstrip. While taxiing to his hangar he accidentally retracted gear instead of flaps.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD LANDED ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. WHILE TAXIING TO HIS HANGAR HE ACCIDENTALLY RETRACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS.