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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Long Beach, CA · July 19, 1994

Date
July 19, 1994 · 20:35 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N94BW
Reported as
Beech S35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total70 in this make and model20 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.

Narrative: the pilot was in the runup position @ intersection of runways 25L and 34R. Tower cleared him for takeoff. He then reached to set flaps and inadvertently activated the gear lever to the up position thereby collapsing the gear. Minor damage was sustained by the aircraft. No pilot deviation. privacy data omitted No further actions deemed necessary.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS IN THE RUNUP POSITION @ INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 25L AND 34R. TOWER CLEARED HIM FOR TAKEOFF. HE THEN REACHED TO SET FLAPS AND INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POSITION THEREBY COLLAPSING THE GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT. NO PILOT DEVIATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTIONS DEEMED NECESSARY.