19950110005719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Rifle, CO · January 10, 1995

Date: January 10, 1995 · 14:05 local
Place: Rifle, CO
Airport: Garfield County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N457MS
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 390 total25 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N457MSRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-1523 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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: on landing on runway 24, pilot-in-command mistakenly put up landing gear handle instead of flap handle. Left main and nose wheels collapsed and aircraft skidded off left/south side of runway. A prop strike also occurred. The aircraft sustained minor damage only. privacy data omitted Mr. Armstrong has been very helpful throughout the entire investigation. This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 24, PILOT-IN-COMMAND MISTAKENLY PUT UP LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF FLAP HANDLE. LEFT MAIN AND NOSE WHEELS COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF LEFT/SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY. A PROP STRIKE ALSO OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ONLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATION. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.