35.2226° N, 97.4395° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Norman, OK, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 15, 1996 · 19:00 local
Place
Norman, OK
Airport
University Of Oklahoma
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2053A
Reported as
Beech E55
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,500 in this make and model30 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: after uneventful IFR flight from newton, KS to Norman, OK, 03A was cleared for the LOC at oun. Approach was good but on rollout pilot reached for flap switch and inadvertently retracted the landing gear. Minor damage to aircraft and no injuries. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AFTER UNEVENTFUL IFR FLIGHT FROM NEWTON, KS TO NORMAN, OK, 03A WAS CLEARED FOR THE LOC AT OUN. APPROACH WAS GOOD BUT ON ROLLOUT PILOT REACHED FOR FLAP SWITCH AND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.